Mongol AI Disbands Its Capital City ...

[Gatekeeper]

... and I think this may be the first (or only second time) that I've ever seen an AI do this. How often does this happen? I mean, I've seen the AI bounce its capital around — generally when there's nothing else for it to build except the palace and/or units — but in this case, the AI moved its capital to Shiraz and then disbanded Karakorum (and, later, built another city, Mahdia, on Karakorum's former site).

I'm playing on the standard Earth map, with a bit of customization on my part (i.e., I've made Asia a bit more watery, in terms of rivers).

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[Straybow]

I don't think I've ever seen the AI disband any city. It usually requires at least a little rush to build a settler fast enough to disband the city.

[Scouse Gits]

We haven't seen it either - another Mac peculiarity???

The SGs moderately sober

[Gatekeeper]

It had to have disbanded the capital, because it was in the heartland of Mongolia, the game's "supreme" power at the time. IOW, there's no way another AI could have blasted the city into ruins ... unless it did a diplo assault, I suppose, and the Mongols finished off their own capital (it was walled).

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[DrSpike]

Wow, never seen that happen. I think it is the mac effect.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

I think it's a shrewd move. By disbanding its cities, the AI prevents you from capturing them (and acquiring cash and possibly techs). Moreover, it is depriving you of a base deep within the Mongol empire, along with the shields/arrows the city produces.

I give this strat

[DrSpike]

[Gatekeeper]

STYOM:

Well, heck, yes that is a good strategy. Unfortunately, my armies weren't even at war with Mongolia (I've got the United Nations). Right now I've got a convoy of 64 offensive divisions (howitzers and armor) escorted by my navy heading for Central America and the Aztecs.

They haven't disbanded Tenochtitlan. Yet, anyways.

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[DrSpike]

Maybe you should use your howitzers to.....ahem......encourage them a little. After all, we all know that all diplomatic resources should be exhausted first.

[Gatekeeper]

**evil laughter** Well, I am fulfilling Britain's expansionist tendencies ... (although I'll have to deal with my Senate for the timebeing) ... and the nice thing is, those "innocent" Aztecs have to wall their capital.

Y'know what they say: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust ...

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[War4ever]

i remember oedo doing this so his spaceship couldnt be destroyed....but never seen the ai do it

[War4ever]

sorry, ingore that, it was Arii who did it not Oedo

[Gatekeeper]

Heh. They must have tweaked the coding in the Mac port a bit ...