DIY liberation

[maltz]

Just had this idea and not sure whether it will work.

First, totally conquering a Civilization (Civ A). Civ A can be a City State.
Second, give one of its former cities away to Civilization B.
Third, declare war to Civ B, re-take that city and "liberate" Civ A.

Civ A is therefore forever in debt to the player and will offer its UN vote.
Will this work?

 

[cccv]

Uhh... yeah, I guess. Probably not practical to do much of that in a given game, but it should work. Except, replace "can be a city state" with "must be a city state."

 

[vexing]

i don't think you get the option to liberty a city state you had previously conquered. it's easy to find out.

 

[Strategist83]

Aww... And here I was hoping/fearing seeing yet another 'elimination' thread but with a twist.

 

[bryanw1995]

I've tried "liberating" a CS that I previously conquered. At least as of the patch before 275 it didn't give you the "liberate" option upon reconquering it.

 

[Keejus]

It's also how it works for civilizations. You can't liberate someone you conquered in the first place

 

[maltz]

Thanks for clarifying.

So we have to be more cunning about letting CS and civilization getting conquered by someone else. (95% by the player, but the last hit was done by another Civ)

 

[Misterboy]

On a slightly tangential note, it's immensely satisfying to "encourage" an allied CS to take an opponent AIs city for you, so you don't have to puppet or annex it. I suppose it might be theoretically possible to manipulate things as the OP was hoping. You could do the same with an AI that is at war with a CS, only to liberate it later.

It can be tricky and I don't suppose it's something you'd use as a primary tactic, but given certain circumstances, it can be very convenient.

It is accomplished by gifting the CS troops, or breaking down a cities defenses while the CS troops are nearby, or a combination of both. I think it's as close to "proxy" warfare as you're going to get. I would LOVE to have some sort of more legitimate proxy war system in the future though!