Your Favorite City Conquering Tactic

[Tank_Guy#3]

What is your favorite/most commonly used tactic in capturing (or destroying) enemy cities? Massed infantry assault, massed mech unit assault, nuke the crap out of 'em (yes I know about the Armageddon thing).

 

[Fox Mccloud]

I nuke em if I'm bored.

Or, if I don't feel like fighting a battle on a CTW map, I just use the Victory Cheat!

 

[LLXerxes]

Artillery assault followed by waves, and large numbers of infantry/cavalry (specifically ranged, a few melee) then melee rush and range to secure perimiter.

 

[Red Door]

I always play as the Russians. I get some shock infantry, back them up with tanks and let them roll.

 

[gimhalos]

Who needs cities when you can instantly conquer a nation?

6 commandos, a small army and a general... get the commandos to sabotage the capital at the same time and send the army end, instant win if the enemy doesn't spot you ^^

 

[LLXerxes]

Who needs cities when you can instantly conquer a nation?

6 commandos, a small army and a general... get the commandos to sabotage the capital at the same time and send the army end, instant win if the enemy doesn't spot you ^^

That's the cheap way to win it. Cheater ⌐⌐
Besides. I try to earn one city before taking the capital. If you go right to the capital they rush you with units from nearby barracks -_- and you lose half of your forces.
BTW, use artillery.

 

[Takhisis]

I always mass infantry and cavalry/tanks around one city, in a semicircle of a hundred-odd units, then I force-march them past any fortifications, and when the units are fighting the enemy and some of them are attacking the city, I slip in some artillery (some 10-20 pieces, normally) to attack the city. The AI never gets near enough in time because there´s no physical space for its units to go through. Then I build some forts´n´towers, garrison and heal my troops, build new ones to take the place of the fallen, destroy the AI´s attackers that only then are beginning to appear en masse, and move on.

 

[xyourxmomxcorex]

brute force?

 

[Takhisis]

Yeah, it´s sort of brute force with a little cunning.

 

[gatomarado]

Mixed army protecting the artillery that's bombing the city... then when the time comes the army captures the city. Can use "artillery" ships or aircraft to help the artillery.

 

[Takhisis]

I forgot ta say that I use Bomb Ketches -and it´s upgrades- if the city´s near the coast.

 

[Leif]

Zulu, Chinese, or Russians + Militarism + War wonder + war factory = city pwnage