I’d like to suggest another game mechanic, or if a way to accomplish this already exists, please let me know.

I think an option should exist to destroy buildings in a city. I know most are destroyed when capturing it, but not always. Especially if no combat was involved.

This would make strategies involving conquering enemy core cities just to level their manufacturing centers and ruin their economy, viable. Similar to some of the scorched earth tactics employed in war.

This would make capturing cities you know you can’t hold worth the effort.