Razing cities

[Sic_Berserker]

strange in me, but im trying to build a peaceful empire now...
but the problem now is that i MUST push my borders, so i force the AI declare war.
great, no punishment BUT they are wrongly placed and i cannot just simply raze enemy cities, so i govern them.
Ive read that if abandon a city with a mayority of foreigns is the same that razing them, so i rush settlers to lower foreign popand when its size1 y add my own settler

now, is that really effective? that case I have 1 foreign and 2 normal citizens...
what if numbers are equal? 2 and 2, 1 and 1? would it be a 'foreign' city or really mine? Could I abandon that city without lowering my reputation?

Im confused about that, and sorry if Im not clear...

 

[Rellin]

I believe you must have a majority, which is over 50%.

 

[HiroHito]

yup, 1 to 1 = previous dominant race stays dominant.

 

[Djarum Kretek]

Oops, that is why the opponents hate me now... I abandoned cities where the ratio is 100% foreign. That is considered razing huh?

 

[HiroHito]

yeah, sucks eh ?

 

[Roi du Culture]

I always thought that you could only raze a city COMPLETELY of your own nationality without a rep. hit. Also, when you get those free slave workers, don't disband them into your new city! That's another rep. hit.

 

[Roi du Culture]

I always thought that you could only raze a city COMPLETELY of your own nationality without a rep. hit. Also, when you get those free slave workers, don't disband them into your new city! That's another rep. hit.

 

[rychan]

No, firaxis said that if it is majority your citizens there is no rep hit. The big question I've had (and several other people) is if 50/50 gives a rep hit, specifically 1 of yours and 1 of theirs.

 

[steviejay]

raze the city!! burn it to the ground regardless of who's in there. I'd rather have the AI annoyed at me than have a city I can't defend. In one of my games I had to raze cities to win the war (I've found the enemy AI will be more willing to talk after razing a ferw of their cities). the other civ's seem fine about it. they were well annoyed at the time, but most of them were in an alliance with me against the enemy civ anyway, so they were just happy I was winning.

 

[Sic_Berserker]

bombrd, settler rush and starvation.
size 1 cities are easy to control.

but razing/abandoning it must be the last option. it is uncommon that all vs 1AI occurs

 

[AxWolF]

Just let them die of starvation.