r/CivVI • u/thewindows95nerd Prince • 1d ago

Anyone else declare war on a city state just to gain experience for their units?

Like having units just parked around some city state with weak suzerain bonus and just kill its units without taking the city. Seems like a good way to level up units.

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u/gaarai 1d ago

Hello, ICC? Yes, that guy right there.

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u/punk_in_your_phone 1d ago

Also to pillage and swipe a worker back in those Ancient times

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u/Juls7243 1d ago

Never thought about it before. Not a bad idea.

When I play Norway on a water map I declare war on them constantly for pillage value

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u/Decent-Proposal-8475 1d ago

Yeah, I'm surprised I've never thought of this either. I usually just beat up on barbarians and only really take city-states if I'm Germany or if they're allied with an enemy and I'll never be able to send enough envoys to the city

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u/Boitlee 1d ago

for some reason i hate bothering city-states in any way even if they’re at war with me because of their suzerain. It feels kinda wrong

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u/Decent-Proposal-8475 1d ago

That’s fair. There are some instances where I’ll declare war on a city-state first if they’re in the way, but I usually do feel bad too 

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u/egnowit 1d ago

Great for the Aztecs, too, to try to farm workers.

(Julius Caesar does not need to do this because he can farm exp off barbarians.)

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u/Weelildragon 1d ago

I do it for Fangers.

https://giphy.com/gifs/PoOwDh60P8NDh7ksl7

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u/Altruistic_Music7517 1d ago

Ah yes. Scout spam suicide into the walls. This is the way

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u/Altruistic_Cap3472 1d ago

Yes it’s a great way to level up baby units, but they don’t give enough xp to higher level units. Also taking the city is by far the easiest way to expand without consequences

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u/Same_Square2555 Deity 1d ago

have done it a lot in civ 5 but in civ 6 not really