What are your rules for war?
If you attack me, I'm taking your capital.
Posted Jun 14, 2014, 3:56 AM UTC
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Attack me once, shame on me.
Attack me twice, death to you.
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Bro? Why are you winning? You can't win now, because I need to win.
*launches nuke*
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My people are hungry and my lands cannot sustain them forever. Yours will suffice.
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Your lands or your people...?
Mod idea: cannibalism.
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Firstly, kill the CO. Secondly, kill the standard bearer. Thirdly, kill the drummer boy.
Finally, kill anyone who routs.
But more on point, it depends. If it's defensive, maybe take a city or two, if I like them/you stole the land from me. If I'm attacking, I'm most likely on a WWII German Blitzkrieg, hell bent on taking everything you hold dear and exiling you to that far flung colony in Australia.
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As an Australian, I say that our colonies are certainly flung.
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If someone covet my lands, i covet his capital.
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If I've got a good army, my three are:
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If the AI denounces me for no reason.
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If they do something after they I've asked them to stop (e.g., they spread their religion with a GP to my capitial).
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It's Gandhi or Alexander.
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Or Atilla or Genghis
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Genghis has always been a bro to me, except in one case when I played Alexander.
I understood though, I understood.
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Missionaries in my borders and undefended Settlers are a valid Casus belli.
I do not accept peace treaties that don't give me something as part of the deal, unless I provoked the war by means of the above (in which case I've already taken my tribute).
Cities offered in peace deals are always razed unless they're really, really, really nice.
Do not take cities as a war action unless I'm going for Domination. I will settle for the annihilation of their armies and the plunder of their lands.
Keep Nukes as insurance. Do not use nukes.
Defenseless civilian workers are excellent and valid decoysscouts. Especially ones just two tiles from a city that has a unit garrisoned in it.
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My army is eternally just passing through.
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I typically enter wars because another civ has declared war on a friendly civ to me. My biggest goal is to weaken the aggressor once I declare war on him, and maybe take a city or two, but I must be able to get them to make peace with the civ they DOW'd. Everything else is just a bonus. Of course, if I'm just attacking a civ for whatever reason, it's typically an all or nothing scenario.
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Have better score? Enjoy my army!
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You go to war a ton, dont you?
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As a person with similar rules, I'll speak on his behalf and say definitely.
I also adopt autocracy 85% of games. However, not sure if this is u/uaMarshall's case.
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Do you declare war immediately upon meeting other civs? They have literally always a higher score than me in my games.
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No, of course not.
I need a plan first, and lots of well trained/promoted units (look at mah flair).
Read [this comment] (http://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/283wlh/what_are_your_rules_for_war/ci7jwhy) to see in detail how I go about warring other civs.
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Take what I want until I am satisfied. Maybe one city. Maybe I wipe you out.
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Maybe fuck you ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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Second use policy on nuke.... I lied.
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I make diplomatic wars. Liberating cities and sieging cities and taking one city max via resl domination. then destroy their army and take land on a peace deal.
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Don't start it, don't retaliate, minimal army to defend while I continue building up my culture.
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I do this in most of my games, but you need to have a sizable force to defend yourself on the higher difficulties or the AI will just attack you because you're weak (even if they're neutral/like you).
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If you have a resource I need (Uranium and Oil)
If you send Great Prophets or Missionaries
If you Denounce me
If you're in the way of expansion
If you settle near me
If you take a Wonder I really wanted
If you Spy on me
If you're Gandhi, Alexander, or the Shaka
If you're an ally of any of these ^^^
Any of these are reasons I go to war
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Peace is not an option?
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It would be if they didn't break my rules
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I war when I have to.
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If I see luxuries and my happiness is low, well . . .
I generally declare war when I can, such as when there are alot of civ's that overlook warmongering, or when it's a minor, but useful city etc.
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That's a nice capital.
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Location, location, location. Nearby target with squishy defenses? Mine. Nearby target with decent defenses? 10turn preparation, then mine. If I can take it, I will. Most Civs don't hold grudges, but they don't hold appreciation either. Better invade them while they still like me than be invaded afterwards.
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I love wonders, especially when I don't have to out effort into building them