i cant destroy a city state!

[supersacky2468]

so... understanding that i am very bad at this game, i decided i would attack a city state. i had 1 cannon and 2 of those big english ships (i cant remember what they are called). when i almost destroyed the city state it stopped taking damage from my army... what happened, i feel like i am missing an important step to kill it. pls help!

[Kondaweb]

you need to have infantry and send it to the city to conqueer it

[supersacky2468]

ok, lol. i feel like a noob now. thanks

[PandaBear]

in order to conquer a city (take it as your own) you need to use a melee unit for the final attack. so when it stopped taking damage the game is telling you to use melee to actually take it.

[Perfectly Valid School of Magic]

You can't destroy city states without mods or specific civs like Austria. Most can only conquer them.

[zxcvbob]

Embark a scout and put him on the same square as one of the frigates (Ship of the Line) you are bombarding the city with. He'll be safe there. When the city is at zero health, the scout can swim in and take the city.

Or just use a trireme or caravel or privateer ship to capture it.

[supersacky2468]

thanks for all of the help, i will use this info to make me less of a noob

[Mr. Monday]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=214419180

Still need a melee unit to capture the city first though.

[76561198799323534]

Why do you want to capture a city-state anyway? A friendly/allied city-state is usually much more valuable to you.

[Perfectly Valid School of Magic]

Originally posted by jakob_haahr:

Why do you want to capture a city-state anyway? A friendly/allied city-state is usually much more valuable to you.

And it'll be longer before everyone hates your face

[just.nuke.em]

Originally posted by jakob_haahr:

Why do you want to capture a city-state anyway? A friendly/allied city-state is usually much more valuable to you.

1. It's in the way
2. It's allied with Greece
3. It has coal/oil//aluminum and there is barely any on the map
4. You don't want a religious enemy getting faith from a religious CS
5. It has a natural wonder which I really, really, really want, but don't want to steal with Great Generals
6. Because I can

[supersacky2468]

Originally posted by jakob_haahr:

Why do you want to capture a city-state anyway? A friendly/allied city-state is usually much more valuable to you.

the city state is in the way, i own about 3 island but the city state is in the way of my biggest island. i want to get rid of it cos it is looks like it is growing. (the city state has no friends anyway)