Should I Attack City States Civ 6?

City states and envoys
City states are autonomous cities you find as you uncover the map. You can attack and kill them if you wish, but you're wasting an opportunity if you do so. If left to their own devices, city states will not attack you but you can trade with them and bring them into your orbit using envoys.

Is it better to take over city states Civ 6?

Liberating conquered city states is also almost always a better way to go than keeping the city as well. If you are going for a diplomatic victory, you should never capture city states because it's better to get suzerainty from them. Bonuses. The unique bonuses can be extremely strong.

Should I attack city states?

Basically it's fine to bully city states in the beginning of the game - I almost always steal a worker or two in the beginning and immediately make peace - but as soon as other civs start pledging to protect a city state and are friends with it and stuff the penalties are pretty huge and really only worth incurring if ...

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