Auto-capture

Auto-Capture
Date introduced	?
Type of feature	Military enhancing
Used for	Capturing cities automatically with minimal input from the player

Auto-Capture is a feature that allows you to order troops to capture every city in a nation or multiple nations. This feature is very useful, mostly for annexing countries in their entirety without much input from the player.

Usage

To use this feature, you must be at war with another nation. Select a military unit and click on Auto-Capture. Then, you'll be met with different options:

• Recapture Cities
  • This will order the selected units to capture cities that you lost during the war.
• Capture All
  • This will order the selected units to capture all the territory of the nations you're at war with. If you declared war on someone, this option will also capture their allies' cities.
• Specific Country or countries
  • When you're at war with a nation, they will appear here. For example, if you're playing as China and are at war with Taiwan, the option to auto-capture Taiwan will appear here.

Almost immediately, you will notice that the units you selected will march towards the nearest city following the criteria you have chosen.

Tips

These are some tips to keep in mind when using the Auto-Capture feature. It is recommended you exercise them, although not necessary.

• Don't auto-capture a nation with lots of cities with very little units.
• Don't use artillery and/or AA for auto-capture. These units are very weak against cities, and artillery can only capture a city in large numbers. When selecting a large amount of troops to auto-capture, make sure you are not selecting artillery and anti aircraft too, by right-clicking on them in the selected units tab to exclude them.
• Try to overwhelm or destroy your enemy's army first before Auto-Capturing. If an enemy player has a massive stack of troops in 1 city, all your troops might just be wiped out. Be sure to use artillery, and if applicable, a Navy.
• Don't auto-capture a massive nation such as the United States or China. Instead, try to weaken them by taking a few cities, and their capital. Inflicting heavy losses on your enemy will result in them getting war exhaustion, making their military weaker. Because of this, you'll be able to take them with your own troops later on.

Updates

In May 2021, an update now allows players to choose what nation to auto-capture if the enemy player controls multiple nations. This can be done by right-clicking on a nation's name to subdivide what nations to capture.