Do you raze conquered cities?

[norwegianviking]

Just wondering, I never do, unless my stupid troops sack it!!!

 

[Tomoyo]

I should have. I got hit with not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven, but eight flips in the GOTM!

 

[Cincinatus]

it depends on the city itself. vital spot with potential or eye sore with slaves to build my roads with.

 

[AA-battery]

I never really raze cities unless it is in a location I wish it not to be in. Then I just make a new city in the place nearby when the conflict has moved away to another area. Other than that, no. I do not raze them, Sam I am.

 

[Abaddon]

only blitz late game, or when the city is in a terrible position

 

[tR1cKy]

It depends. Here are some situations in which i prefer razing instead of capturing:
- The town is in a bad position and needs to be relocated (i.e. abandoned and rebuild one or two tiles away)
- The town is in a bad terrain and won't produce enough money or shields. Corruption is going rampant because of too much cities.
- The town is undefendable, or will likely flip (say 15 resistors near the enemy's capital)
- I need workers.
- I ate junk food, my stomach is protesting and i'm in a bad mood...
- My girlfriend ditched me.

 

[IbnSina]

I look at my victim civ's culture compared to mine. If they are behind, then the city lives, but most of its citizens die. If I am behind significantly, I burn it to the ground. That way, I see very few flips...

 

[Cataphract887]

i always raze.i dont want to win by domination or risk fliping,so i just raze.i leave a city or 2 in the center of former AI empires though as a base to use if the other AI's land in the area etc

 

[doc mabuse]

When i have enough cities, and i'm ahead in culture and science, i just destroy the ones that wager a war with me

 

[Chris85]

I'll only raze cities if they're in a bad location.

 

[Shaar]

Don't you get a hit to your relations with all other civilizations if you raze a city? I captured a couple of cities and starved them to death, building a settler to abandon the city...

 

[Yakodi]

Normally I like to take over the city. But in special cases I do raze, so I had to vote "sometimes" although the feeling is more like "no" ...

 

[atomicgopher]

I only raise citys if I am fighting a war with some one and losing. I get really mad and raise ever last one of their cities I may take (this usually isn't many).

 

[TimBentley]

Don't you get a hit to your relations with all other civilizations if you raze a city? I captured a couple of cities and starved them to death, building a settler to abandon the city...

Yes. Abandoning a city with at least 50% foreign citizens also harms their attitudes. But it seems like everybody else hates me even if I capture their cities (I voted sometimes, by the way). Maybe it's the warmonger in me. I probably should raze more, especially when everyone else is disdainful of my culture.

 

[magritte]

Not very often. I only do it if I feel I'm not likely to be able to hold on to it. I voted sometimes to cover that ground.

 

[LLXerxes]

only once in a while...

 

[The Last Conformist]

I normally keep cities. I like to win by Domination.

 

[Rofflecopter]

Sometimes, when I take a city with 2 citizens in the middle of a desert...I have no choice. I'd rather get that territory through cultural growth than have a city sitting there.

 

[Tomoyo]

Sometimes, when I take a city with 2 citizens in the middle of a desert...I have no choice. I'd rather get that territory through cultural growth than have a city sitting there.

That's about one of the best situations to keep the city! Virtually no chance of flips... Also, a city is a city. Culture takes too long.

 

[citizen001]

I have never razed a city in my civ career and i don't see myself starting anytime soon.