When you are taking over another civ...

[big_sis]

do you, yourself, go straight for the capitol or get all the outlying cities first?

 

[ALA Gator]

It really depends on the situation of their cities and the objective of the war. If you want to conquer the entire civ then, I prefer to take out the outlying cities first (especially ones on another continent while letting the enemy beat themselves silly against my well fortified border cities. Then I try to have a two or three pronged attack all aiming for the capital, but close enough together to support the other columns as needed. Sometimes it is easier to isolate their capital and finish off all other cities then unite to attack the capital. I hate to chase the capital around!!

 

[drake5555]

Depends on how the cities are placed. Sometimes taking out the capital too soon is risky because it may depose and there are more resisters to quell. If you take the outlying cities first then taking the capital becomes more secure. The general rule for me is to take cities one by one working in a line towards the capital. If the capital is near the border then I take it. I start from the border and work my wait to the center.

 

[civverguy]

I go for the outlying cities unless the capital is coastal or close to me.

 

[big_sis]

Once the capitol was right on my border...right beside all my best armed cities. My capitol was all the way on the other side of my civ...lol

 

[pickle]

i generally take the outlying cities first, unless there are cities that have their only source of a good resource.

 

[Graf Zeppelin]

Salami tactic normaly.Several wars and in each of them i conquer some border cities,make peace consolidate, declar war...rince and repeat.

 

[TruePurple]

I like capturing cities with wonders in em

 

[Aramazd]

Depends, if I want to destroy a civ I take their core since it cripples them. If I just need some extra cities the outlying ones, which are easier to take and probably less corrupt.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

I just conquer whichever city happens to be in my way.

 

[big_sis]

I just conquer whichever city happens to be in my way.

Sounds like a good plan to me!

 

[Slaughter]

I usually go for cities with resources important for production of troops, and culturally strong cities.

 

[MAS]

I conquer the cities closer to me first and work my way from one side of a civ to the other side, until the civ is gone.