Install a new Governor?

[High_Lord]

When at War, What do you do most often, Raze the city or Install a New Governor?

I like capturing cities if I plan on destroying the Civ in question utterly (the closest one). I'll usually capture a few of the last remaining cities on my last sweep through the nation to save time. Once my country is satifactory though, I Raze every city that I conquer even if it has a GW...I really like destroying the older ones...

Anyway , I know it can be largely circumstancial, but I know that people develop certain strategys and was just wondering how this element fits into yours?


Overall I will say that I am a CRAZY-RAZIN' WAR MONGRELIN' S.O.B!!!

So , waddaya say to Razing? or

[Datajack Franit]

Razing is barbaric!!!

[Robber Baron]

Razing will damage your rep, esp. razing a foreign capital. And taking the city over may land you a few useful improvements -- possibly a harbor, barracks, etc. (Never a cultural building: these are automatically destroyed upon capture.)
On the other hand, the flip risk creates serious strategic challenges, and may slow down an invasion.
Generally speaking, I capture more cities in the early going of the game, and tend to raze later in the game. Also, the further away from my capital a city is, the less likely I am to keep it.

Of course, on the last few rounds in the process of wiping a civ out (assuming respawn is turned off), you can afford to start keeping the cities.
Razing the last city will cripple your rep, btw.

[swagled]

Razing cities also leaves more open land for the other civs to grab. Remember, they have settlers just waiting around for land to become available!

[CerberusIV]

I prefer to starve captured cities down to only 1 or 2 pop so they grow back with my citizens and don't flip. Usually I only start wars and capture cities when I intend to wipe out that particular AI civ so flipping is not an issue long term.

I do occasionally raze a badly placed AI city in order to give a neighbouring one room to grow. I will also raze the first city I capture when invading another continent so I can replace it with a settler and then have a city on that continent with little or no risk of flipping to act as a secure base.

[joncnunn]

The AI looks at how many cities it has realtive to OCN limit. If below the limit, it always keep the city. If at or above the limit, the AI will raize the city unless it contains a GW or is needed for a luxary or strategic resource.

As for what humans should do: If you don't think you can keep the city (either to military action or culture), then raize it, otherwise install the governor.

Then if the city is too poorly located, then rush workers & settlers to disband it. (If you can't afford the cash due to the large size, then you might want to raize as well.)

[Inverse Icarus]

i always install a new gov and proceed with ethnic cleansing.

i starve the city, and when the resistance ends, i rush (poprush works even faster) workers and either use them aq slaves or boost the population of my major cities.

when the city is completely dead, i move in one of my own settlers and put the city where the ai SHOULD have put it.

[Jawa Jocky]

I never raze. Of course I like to go for the diplomatic win if I can't domination before then. So I need to be