beorn
Prince
In the past, when taking a city from the barbs, you have always had the option of returning it to the original civ, assuming that it was built by another civ. In my current game, this option is gone. Is this an intended change?
Returning cities to original owners
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MagisterCultuum
Great Sage
I think that you are now given the option to return it to the civ with the highest percent of Culture in the city. It is also the civ with the most culture, not the owner, that will be upset for razing the city. If the city was in barbarian control for long enough, then it is counted as a barbarian city. No one can liberate a city to the barbs (although I wish barb trait leaders could)
I've found that, with patch "e" at any rate:
* The option is sometimes there immediately upon capturing the city (as well as the usual raze/install new governor options) and sometimes it isn't.
* If I do return the city by that mechanism I get no diplomatic bonus for doing so.
* If opt to keep the city (whether I had the option to return control or not) I can, so far, always "Liberate" it later by giving it to the original leader in the trade screen. For this I DO get diplomatic bonuses: +1 You liberated our cities!
I'm not sure if this a bug, several bugs, some dodgy implementation or what. I'm not sure how it works in vanilla BTS either.
To my mind, what SHOULD happen is that the option should always be there to return control to the original owner, and that you should always gain diplomatic merits for doing so, whether you return it straight away or liberate it later through the trade screen.
* The option is sometimes there immediately upon capturing the city (as well as the usual raze/install new governor options) and sometimes it isn't.
* If I do return the city by that mechanism I get no diplomatic bonus for doing so.
* If opt to keep the city (whether I had the option to return control or not) I can, so far, always "Liberate" it later by giving it to the original leader in the trade screen. For this I DO get diplomatic bonuses: +1 You liberated our cities!
I'm not sure if this a bug, several bugs, some dodgy implementation or what. I'm not sure how it works in vanilla BTS either.
To my mind, what SHOULD happen is that the option should always be there to return control to the original owner, and that you should always gain diplomatic merits for doing so, whether you return it straight away or liberate it later through the trade screen.
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