Zhahz
PC Gamer
I would agree that you should be able to destroy your own roads. There are numerous strategic reasons to do so alone.
I'm iffy about destroying cities. I'd rather not have the option to abandon cities because I think it's less realistic (they're full blown cities, not little towns or villages - full blown cities aren't spontaneously abandoned that often) and less strategic (you wouldn't need to put as much thought into how you capture/raze).
The city thing doesn't matter to me since I almost never feel the desire to abandon a city (did it a few times in Civ3 but no desire to do so in Civ IV yet due to better planning).
I used to sever roads in Civ3 reasonably often, sometimes to clean up my empire and sometimes strategically to mess with enemies. I haven't had the desire to destroy my own roads in Civ IV yet but I could see it happening.
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to destroy my own roads to slow down an AI I had open borders with - that's somewhat crazy, and again - don't open your borders if you aren't ready for visitors! It's all about planning and thinking ahead.
I'm iffy about destroying cities. I'd rather not have the option to abandon cities because I think it's less realistic (they're full blown cities, not little towns or villages - full blown cities aren't spontaneously abandoned that often) and less strategic (you wouldn't need to put as much thought into how you capture/raze).
The city thing doesn't matter to me since I almost never feel the desire to abandon a city (did it a few times in Civ3 but no desire to do so in Civ IV yet due to better planning).
I used to sever roads in Civ3 reasonably often, sometimes to clean up my empire and sometimes strategically to mess with enemies. I haven't had the desire to destroy my own roads in Civ IV yet but I could see it happening.
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to destroy my own roads to slow down an AI I had open borders with - that's somewhat crazy, and again - don't open your borders if you aren't ready for visitors! It's all about planning and thinking ahead.