How to permanently convert an enemy city?

[OneZ]

Hello guys.

I've been searching for a while but couldn't find an answer.

If I convert an enemy city to my religion, the AI can simply take it back with an Inquisitor. And I cannot kill those Inquisitors on enemy territory because they have major bonus strength.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Martin]

Just have to keep reconverting it. Outside of killing the source, ie convert his holy city and all his other cities, so his new units are your religion.

[leandrombraz]

Use the economic policy that give combat strength to your religious units. The military policy that give strength to your units against a civ of other religion also works (into you convert the majority of their cities to your religion, off course), so use both if you can. Build some apostles, a guru and kill the inquisitors, which will help spread your religion. If Yerevan is in your game, become suzerain of it, use its bonus to build some apostle with the +20 combat strength, use them as your religious combat force. Don't use the last charge of the apostles, you want to keep them for combat.

You will only get rid of the Inquisitors for good if you convert all cities that have a Holy site, this way that leader won't be able to make Inquisitors or any other religious units of his religion. The apostle that remove 75% of other religious is good for conversion, use Yerevan to focus on building those and a few missionaries or apostles with extra charge to finish converting the city if necessary. You want to use the 75% apostle only once per city.

[leandrombraz]

Now that religious units have zone of control, one or two well positioned apostles with +20 strength can protect a city from inquisitors, in case you don't want to convert all his cities that have a holy site.

[OneZ]

Thanks for your answers guys.

The problem is the AI has LOTS of inquisitors defending everywhere and killing them is not an option on his territory. I will try converting and then defending the converted city and see how it goes.

Cheers.

[BladeSe7en [ICON_RESOURCE_FURS]]

Originally posted by OneZ:

Thanks for your answers guys.

The problem is the AI has LOTS of inquisitors defending everywhere and killing them is not an option on his territory. I will try converting and then defending the converted city and see how it goes.

Cheers.

Only way possible to permanently convert a city is if you convert every city that has a holy site and kill off any of thier religious units. Otherwise they'll keep building inquisitors to purge your religion. If youre going for a religious win yeravan is the best CS. It allows you to choose your apostles promotions

[Lemurian1972]

Originally posted by OneZ:

e and killing them is not an option on his territory.

This is absolutely an option. There's plenty of tricks to get the (dumb) AI to forgo it's bonus, like standing your Apostle just on the other side of the border and letting the Inquisitors attack (bonus depends on the tile the fight happens on, so outside his turf they're weak. With a guru backing you up you can outlast several Inquisitors (or playing Scythia you just self heal each time one dies). Alternatively if they don't take the bait, an Apostle with the Debater Promotion is still more powerful than an Inquisitor on home turf, especially when you add in Theology bonuses.