City-States start neutrally-disposed towards everyone, and how to deal with them is your choice – you can coddle them to improve relations, and eventually make them friends or even allies; or you can capture them (at which the Mongolian civilization is especially good); or choose to ignore them.
Is it better to annex or puppet a city Civ 5?
If you’re Razing a City, it will temporarily cause a hit to Happiness that depletes by 1 as its population falls. Annexing a City puts it under your control, but there is a short-term drawback aside from Cultural costs.
How do you tribute a city state in Civ 5?
Afraid City-States can be asked for tribute and will always comply to giving anything you want. When asking for tribute, you can either demand gold from them or enslave one of their workers. This is useful early-game when you have a strong military but are in need of money or workers.
How do you annex a city state in Civ 5?
Any puppet city can be annexed anytime by clicking on the city’s banner (unless you’re playing as the Venetians), and the city name can be changed while viewing the city.
Can you destroy a city state in Civ 5?
City-States cannot be Razed, however. That means that another civilization may later Liberate the City-State, restoring its special status and reversing all of the above changes.
How do you protect city states in Civ 5?
You can pledge to protect a City-State. Before the Gods & Kings expansion the game required you to at least be friends with the city state before you are allowed. The mechanic changed for the expansion however, now allowing you to pledge to protect city states immediately.
Is there a way to raze a puppet city?
If you puppeted the city and you want to raze it, annex it and click Raze. However, you can’t raze a capital, so you’ll only have 3 options upon capture. Oh, so if I make a puppet city into a real city, I can raze it? Good, because I got two cities and could manage one but when I capped the capital I didn’t know I couldn’t raze it. So thanks!
What to do with puppet cities in Civ 5?
The AI can place Cities in horrible spots, and those have to go. You can settle the lands later and put it in a better spot, or let other Cities’ borders expand to fill in the gap. Always Puppet Cities that can function as bases for your Military – you need a place to heal your forces and prevent the AI from retaking that land.
How can I raze a city in Civilization V?
You can only raze occupied cities. When you capture a city, you will get 4 options on what to do with the city. Annex, Puppet, Raze, or View the city. If you annex it, I believe when you view the city there will be an option to raze the city. If you puppeted the city and you want to raze it, annex it and click Raze.
Do you annex a city or make it a puppet?
If you really don’t *need* the city (Cough cough, conquering your neighbor for fun, cough cough), I suggest puppeting. Making the city a puppet reduces the negative side effects of conquering the city, but you can’t choose what to build in the city. If you find later that you *do* need the city, you can annex it by clicking on the city.
