What do I need to do to be safe from revolts after vassalising?

[VirusMonster]

The revolts in my cities cost me time and eventually I ended up losing many captured cities. What should I do to keep those cities?

I am usually running Caste System at that point, is there anything I can do other than turning artist specialists? and how effective are the artists anyway in preventing revolts?

 

[BalbanesBeoulve]

Stationing a lot of units in a city reduces the chance for revolt.

 

[VirusMonster]

ok, I read the revolt mechanics somewhere in the forum. It explains my question to a great extent. Stationing more troops and having my state religion spread to the revolting city should help.

 

[slaze]

10 troops will take away the flip chance. You need 10, otherwise there's a chance.

 

[VirusMonster]

10 troops will take away the flip chance. You need 10, otherwise there's a chance.

Do I have to keep the 10 troops inside the city forever or just for a few number of turns?

Can someone also elaborate on the spy culture mission?

Can I add change the population culture inside my own cities through spies?

Or should I explicitly try to sabotage culture before capturing the city so I can have higher % of population culture after capturing?

 

[slaze]

Do I have to keep the 10 troops inside the city forever or just for a few number of turns?

You know, i think i misunderstood. If you vassalize someone and are pressed with their culture, I'm not sure if they can take it back from you

Can someone also elaborate on the spy culture mission?

Do you mean artist bomb? This gets complicated as the mechanics present possibilities where it may be optimal to bomb or settle, depending on current expressed culture, opponents established culture, desired tiles, turns left, etc

Can I add change the population culture inside my own cities through spies?

spies cannot affect your cities culture

Or should I explicitly try to sabotage culture before capturing the city so I can have higher % of population culture after capturing?

Only in relatively new and unestablished tiles can i see it being beneficial to sabotage a building to win a culture war. In well established areas, i see it better to boost your own culture, rather than diminish theirs

 

[VirusMonster]

In BTS, spies can do a cultural mission. It gives %5 culture. That is the one I asked, not the Great Artist cultural bomb.

You can't always steal culture however. I don't know why.

 

[VirusMonster]

You know, i think i misunderstood. If you vassalize someone and are pressed with their culture, I'm not sure if they can take it back from you

They can take cities back even after vassalizing. I has happened to me quite a few times in my last game. It resulted in a late domination victory :-/ Bcs you only get %50 of the land counting toward your domination limit.