30-06-2002 21:52									#1
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I was reading the post about the dark ages, and I was wondering: Does capturing/razing the enemies capital really do anything but destroy the spaceship? The palace is instantly rebuilt in anouther city, which I think isn't fair, it should have to be rebuilt, and in the meantime, get some crippling corruption. The only reason I see why it gets rebuilt right away is because under most govs, corruption is based on distance to capital, and without one, that could be an issue. Maybe the forbidden palace should change into it if you lose it. But what I want to know is this: What exactly happens when you or an enemy loses their capital? Any negative effects other than it just shifting?

	30-06-2002 22:35									#2
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No

	30-06-2002 22:55									#3
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You will loose of course all the accumulated culture, which is usually highest in your captital. You will also have changed corruption, depending on where your capital moves, but loosing the city follows the same rules as for normal cities.

	01-07-2002 07:25									#4
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Well that kind of sucks. In the very least it should throw in into anarchy for a bit, like if you chose to start a revolution. Would be anouther advantage for religious civs, and make things a little realistic.

	01-07-2002 17:27									#5
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That, however would make a Religious civ far too good at war, which is not the aim of that trait.

	01-07-2002 18:24									#6
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But something defently needs to be done, there should be a reason why to attack the enemies capital (than to attack just some other city)...

	03-07-2002 02:24									#7
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You take their capital because it is so close to other cities you have captured from them that you want to reduce the chance of flipping. Also because their original capital is generally the most built up, improvement and culture wise.

It has been recommended that you just cut all the communication lines from it to the outside world to cripple the civ. Of course, if the rest of the world is already at war with them ....

	03-07-2002 07:02									#8
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Taking a capital could actually, IMPROVE their production, IF the capital jump to a more central location of their empire.

The only real advantage I have found for taking the capital, is that it isn't autorazed.

	03-07-2002 07:13									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Tuberski The only real advantage I have found for taking the capital, is that it isn't autorazed.

??? ???
could you explain this, what am I missing?

	03-07-2002 11:03									#10
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quote: Originally posted by alva848 ??? ??? could you explain this, what am I missing?

If a city is size 1 with zero culture, you automatically raze it. But if it has 2 or more people, and has culture, you get the choice. The capital has the palace, so it automatically gets culture, therefore you always get a choice.

	04-07-2002 04:03									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Palleon If a city is size 1 with zero culture, you automatically raze it. But if it has 2 or more people, and has culture, you get the choice. The capital has the palace, so it automatically gets culture, therefore you always get a choice.

AFAIK even a size one capital that has expanded wont be razed either.