Razing cities

[Heresson]

It is worth moving the defender away. However, answering your question, in my most recent game I had 200 gold and they didn't ask for it, they captured the city... Sometimes, however, it is not that bad. Later You can bribe it for a low price with at least one costy barbarian unit in it.
It's not like in Heroes, where I left my city be taken so that
the rival build for me the most expensive buildings...
chlip

[War4ever]

are you sure its > 50 g.....i am not sure i have seen barbs not trash a city with less that 80gold or so....i thought maybe the lowest i have seen was for 39g one time.....

its been so long...i rarely pay them off unless i have to......even then if i have too much cash but alot of cities i will let them take it and just bribe it back...

if its early in the game then i am more likely to pay...cuz those early cities are important

[Scouse Gits]

Yup - we're sure its > 50g - but beware the tribes have memories if you have told the Goth Barbs to sod off previously they will not ask again...

The SGs getting fairly well sloshed - but nonetheless pretty sure of their facts...

[War4ever]

oh i was not aware of that laast bit of info....the amount of cash is irrelevant, but the sodding off part..good to know

[Caesar the Great]

what i've seen happen in 2.42 is barbs kill a city if there wasn't a defender in it, but if they kill the defender - reducing the city size to 1 - they conquer it

so it might have something to do with the food box


but with normal civs... maybe it has something to do with it being a capital? probably a glitch though

[War4ever]

ok in mp the other night i had barbs capture two size one cities both without defenders in them, off boats i had no cash

needless to say i bribed them both back, but i was surprised ?

[rah]

Didn't know that had a memory.
The only problem with paying their bribe is that when they disappear, the king does too.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
if you have told the Goth Barbs to sod off previously they will not ask again...

Really? You just keep on learning with this game.

[rah]

I can remember, when we cooperated more in MP games, giving most of my gold to my partner so the barbs wouldn't demand as much. (and right before losing a city to an opponent so they would get as big a chunk of bucks)

As long as MWHC wasn't your partner, you'd get the money back later

RAH

[War4ever]

yes MWHC wasn't too trustworthy in a few departments

[Caesar the Great]

reminds me of a game of monopoly I played recently

5 people were playing and whenever me or my friend were near the "Pay income tax" thing we'd sell all our property and money to the other for 1 dollar. My friend ended up landing on boardwalk with the hotel (which was owned by some other player) and I ended up keeping all his money and property and eventually winning

[War4ever]

i like monopoly

[DrSpike]

Hehe, nothing quite as soul-destroying in the gaming world as landing on Mayfair when it has a hotel.

[Skanky Burns]

Or landing on the first yellow-colored property with a hotel, then the next turn landing on the last yellow-colored property.

Not that I was too upset losing to a 7-year-old.

[rah]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Hehe, nothing quite as soul-destroying in the gaming world as landing on Mayfair when it has a hotel.

Which version of the game has Mayfair as a Property in it?