Do you give mercy to enemy civs?
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Black_Hole
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whats mercy?
bob rulz
Prince
There should be a sometimes option. I sometimes give them mercy, it mostly depends on my situation and how I'm feeling.
Binnor
High Prince
After I've gone to war with a civ I generally like to finish them off completely. But sometimes that entails sueing them for peace so I can rebuild/repair my units.
Also on the lower levels, it can be worthwhile to strip a civ down to one city and then make them dependent on you. Eventually their attitude will be so good they end up voting for you in the UN. However i find this rarely works on emperor and above.
Also on the lower levels, it can be worthwhile to strip a civ down to one city and then make them dependent on you. Eventually their attitude will be so good they end up voting for you in the UN. However i find this rarely works on emperor and above.
T-Money
Conquestador
Yeah, mercy is for the weak. If another civ attacks me, I take them down and give no peace. They must be punished for their insolence.
BasketCase
Username sez it all
Conquer those cities you can actually use and defend, then make peace with the enemy civ and leave them alive to suffer. Every day they must look at what they have lost, and see you gloating over your conquests from across the new border.
Okay, that's not actually true--those other civs are actually just chunks of computer code. Forget I said anything.
Okay, that's not actually true--those other civs are actually just chunks of computer code. Forget I said anything.
Mercy? /me runs to look up the word in the dictionary.
Hmm....nope, doesn't sound familiar.
For a second I thought you were asking if I give thanks to the enemy civs. Now, yes, that I do. For allowing me to take over their resources, taking their land....
Hmm....nope, doesn't sound familiar.
For a second I thought you were asking if I give thanks to the enemy civs. Now, yes, that I do. For allowing me to take over their resources, taking their land....
Perfection
The Great Head.
Well, I don't burn their cities down, does that count as mercy?
I used to burn down all their cities, pillage all their land and disband slaves in my capitol city (kind of a public execution, I like the death animation too much 
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But now I'm fairly satisfied with just taking all their cities, or leaving them a few if they're not on 'my' land.
)But now I'm fairly satisfied with just taking all their cities, or leaving them a few if they're not on 'my' land.
Brewster
stays crunchy in milk
NEVER!!!
They are on MY land after all (I may let them develop it for a little while).
They are on MY land after all (I may let them develop it for a little while).
Alcamar
Chieftain
Yes,
After the 1st and even the second war I will always show mercy. I will let them keep some remote outposts after I have taken everything I am interested in.
I think showing mercy is not for the weak, it has to be given to the weak. And then it is a true sign of power and greatness of my civilization and my enlightened rule.
BTW: it would be nice if like in SMAC there was a total surrender option where the defeated civ is becoming a kind of vazal state.
After the 1st and even the second war I will always show mercy. I will let them keep some remote outposts after I have taken everything I am interested in.
I think showing mercy is not for the weak, it has to be given to the weak. And then it is a true sign of power and greatness of my civilization and my enlightened rule.
BTW: it would be nice if like in SMAC there was a total surrender option where the defeated civ is becoming a kind of vazal state.
Frollo
Prince
Most of the time, sure, I let them live. After I've taken the nicest chunks of land, of course.
I mean, *someone* has to do my research, right?
I mean, *someone* has to do my research, right?
MaisseArsouye
gentil petit nuton
I often go to war for territoty problems. I don't like other civs to build cities too close to mine, or in places I HAVE TO build a city for stragical reasons ( Suez, Panama, uranium, strategic island,...). When I reached my goal, I just stop fighting and try to make peace. I sometimes take one more city than necessary, so that I can make a good present for the peace treaty
Akka
Moody old mage.
Yes, nearly always.
I find a map with only two or three civilization somehow depressive. Give the feeling of an empty and uniform world. I like to have plenty of nations and people in the world ^^
I will only eradicate a civ if they have REALLY pissed me, or if they are really totally unreasonable.
I find a map with only two or three civilization somehow depressive. Give the feeling of an empty and uniform world. I like to have plenty of nations and people in the world ^^
I will only eradicate a civ if they have REALLY pissed me, or if they are really totally unreasonable.
earthguido
Warlord
I usually do not as I have been betrayed too many times by those I gave mercy...
In SMAC there was an option to forgive "If you swear a Pact of Brotherhood to serve me" when you had cornered another civ. Then they became your allies and worshiped you. Anyway I was betrayed by them once also, so...
In SMAC there was an option to forgive "If you swear a Pact of Brotherhood to serve me" when you had cornered another civ. Then they became your allies and worshiped you. Anyway I was betrayed by them once also, so...
