I was trying for a science win instead of my normal domination strategy so I deliberately kept my army small so that I wouldn't get tempted.
Continents map - me and 4 other civs on my continent; 3 on ther other. I tried to play nice but I knew I was going to be dog piled by others on my continent. I had declaration of friendship and defensive pact with the big army guy on the other continent and DoF's with 2 civs on my continent.
3 civs declared on me on the same turn (2 of them were back stabs). The defensive pact ensured that my big bad partner was at war with all 3 of them, right? No, of course not- much too logical. It worked for the 1st civ to declare but it was then cancelled. So the 2nd and 3rd civs to declare were not at war with the big guy.
Is that the way it's supposed to work? I don't know because in my domination games I would never have a DoF or defensive pact.
Continents map - me and 4 other civs on my continent; 3 on ther other. I tried to play nice but I knew I was going to be dog piled by others on my continent. I had declaration of friendship and defensive pact with the big army guy on the other continent and DoF's with 2 civs on my continent.
3 civs declared on me on the same turn (2 of them were back stabs). The defensive pact ensured that my big bad partner was at war with all 3 of them, right? No, of course not- much too logical. It worked for the 1st civ to declare but it was then cancelled. So the 2nd and 3rd civs to declare were not at war with the big guy.
Is that the way it's supposed to work? I don't know because in my domination games I would never have a DoF or defensive pact.