How to destroy/kill vs capture cities?

[perseus]

Any way to kill/destroy a city >3 early on?
I usually end up capturing a lot of cities,
getting 40-50 in crappy locations, with an upset Technocracy. Thanks

 

[G-Man]

Make all the citizens scientists. They'll starve and the city will loose citizens. you can also build settlers (they take 1 citizen from the city)

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Mate, this parrot wouldn't "VOOM" if you put 4 million volts through it!
Monty Python

 

[Becka]

I have a question. Why not just disband the city? Does it affect your score?

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"You know what I pray for? I pray for the power to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, the in incapacity to tell the difference."
-Calvin and Hobbes

 

[G-Man]

You can't disband cities over size 3.

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Mate, this parrot wouldn't "VOOM" if you put 4 million volts through it!
Monty Python

 

[Becka]

<img src="graemlins/yeah.gif" border="0" alt="[Yeah]" /> Oh, yeah. Doh! Sorry my momentary stupidity. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

...I'm so embarassed... <img src="icon11.gif" border="0">

 

[Martin Gühmann]

Originally posted by perseus
Any way to kill/destroy a city >3 early on?
I usually end up capturing a lot of cities,
getting 40-50 in crappy locations, with an upset Technocracy. Thanks

You should check my homepage there is something that could help you if you are playing CTP2.

-Martin

 

[phillipwyllie]

What I normally do is bombard the targetted city with 9 units a square for a number of turns the take over it. If you use ship of the lie or battleship with a SOP or troopship full of marines then there will be no enemy seaside cityies.

 

[gen.dragolen]

Matter of tactics:

Does a city still get food production from squares occupied by enemy forces ?

Otherwise, I just pound the HE double hockeysticks out of a city that is a little too well defended.


D.

 

[Gif Warrior]

I know this is an old thread but the way that I get rid of cities after I capture them is switch all production to science so they are starving and have them build carvans only. I know settlers would be better and a little quicker shrinking the city but by then I dont want the settlers and I could use the caravans.

 

[Ekmek]

There are more details about Ctp2, including new code at
http://apolyton.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=73