Occupy/Enslave/Exterminate options

[pyhhricvictory]

I have to agree with Capo, I usually exterminate to teach the faction a lesson. The Scippii took one of my cities (as Macedon) so when I took it back, I let them live but the first Scipii city, I killed them all.

[Oleander Ardens]

I does also depends with which faction I play, because some have a dire need of manpower, like the Germans and Gauls, while others, like the Eggies have almost too much of it...

So I usually enslave always with the Gauls while I do it less when playing the Eggies, although I also orientate myself according the distance from the capital, their population, my manpower, their culture erc...

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[TimDogg]

I agree with the poster above. It depends on your needs, I used to be a softtouch but I now either enslave them or exterminate them. I don't have problems with extermination, it is a game and it gives me cash ;)

I noticed in a campaign as Scipii where I controlled the whole of Africa that Alexandria, Carthage and Memphis kept on rioting. I tried to maintain population but after loosing Carthage for the third time I decided I was fed up and killed them all, I let Alexandria and Memphis fall (maintain a tiny garrison, move your mainarmy outside the city) and retook both cities to exterminate the populace to show I was fed up with them. As a result my overall happiness went up in all states.

[Magraev]

Yeah - it's a bit off that it's necessary, but the only alternative is to produce more troops in the towns than the pop grows, and that is impossible in the long run.