Lets say that you have good trade going with the Germans and things look well. Next thing ya know, BAM Bismarck stabs you in the back and starts rolling over your cities. (He seems to like to do that a lot to me.) So you mobilize and start cranking out the units like there's no tomorrow. You invade his territory and raze city after city of his.
My question is this: Does razing cities have any noticable effect on other leaders opinions of you, as opposed to if you capture and hold them? That happened to me in the last game I played, and after I rolled over Germany most civs went from polite to annoyed. The only thing I can think of is that they were upset that I ethnically cleansed all the Germans. Anyone else have similar experiences like this? Also, I think it cost me the diplomatic victory, because I had been kissing everyone's ass the whole game, and they were all polite, but then when I built the UN and held the vote, I was outvoted and lost.
My question is this: Does razing cities have any noticable effect on other leaders opinions of you, as opposed to if you capture and hold them? That happened to me in the last game I played, and after I rolled over Germany most civs went from polite to annoyed. The only thing I can think of is that they were upset that I ethnically cleansed all the Germans. Anyone else have similar experiences like this? Also, I think it cost me the diplomatic victory, because I had been kissing everyone's ass the whole game, and they were all polite, but then when I built the UN and held the vote, I was outvoted and lost.