I was playing a Warlord game this morning, large map, only four civs (I didn't feel like a challenge) as Darius. I've hit the Medieval era, and just upgraded all of my Swords to Longswordsmen and Catapults to Trebuchets. I currently have the strongest military. I've only built a couple of wonders at this point, and haven't bothered any City-States. I'm not friends with any of them, nor have I done any of their quests.
Rome is Guarded against me (he covets my lands). Egypt, Greece, and Babylon are all Friendly. Greece has built a couple of wonders, while Egypt has built all the rest. I currently have Open Borders with Alex. He is currently at war with Egypt (who is right next to him), while Babylon is at war with Rome (who is right next to him). Babylon also has plenty of resources. All four civs have more cities than I do (though I'm doing better with non-wonder infrastructure. There is a huge tract of land north of me (probably enough for 20 more cities, using minimal spacing).
I upgrade my last Catapult, and all of a sudden, Alex pops up and says, "I know the odds are stacked against me" and declares war on me. There is, as far as I can see, absolutely no logical reason for him to do this. There's nothing in the red text on the Diplo screen, either. He sends some units after me, and I'm able to beat them back quite handily. Three turns later, he sues for peace. He offers me 500 gold, and 44 gold per turn! I accept, and he goes back to being Friendly for the rest of the game (well, until I decide to declare on him later).
A few turns later, Babylon pulls the same stunt. Again, there is no logical reason that I can see. I manage to beat him back, and he sues for peace, offering me three luxuries. I have not, at this point captured anyone's cities - I had wanted a peaceful game, thus the large military. I've also not lost any units. In both cases, it was a very one-sided war.
Three turns later Babylon declares on me again! This time, I get ticked off, and beat him down to one city. He asks for peace, gets it, and remains Guarded the rest of the game (understandably). Both Alex and Egypt are still Friendly, and Rome remains Guarded. No one mentions my warmongering (which they used to do by this point).
I'm at a loss. I have absolutely no idea what to think of this. Unless I'm missing something obvious, there is literally no reason why either Alex or Nebby should have attacked me, especially with me having the strongest military (and by strongest, we're talking more than twice the amount of soldiers listed as the average in Demographics.
Anyone else experience this?
Marc
Rome is Guarded against me (he covets my lands). Egypt, Greece, and Babylon are all Friendly. Greece has built a couple of wonders, while Egypt has built all the rest. I currently have Open Borders with Alex. He is currently at war with Egypt (who is right next to him), while Babylon is at war with Rome (who is right next to him). Babylon also has plenty of resources. All four civs have more cities than I do (though I'm doing better with non-wonder infrastructure. There is a huge tract of land north of me (probably enough for 20 more cities, using minimal spacing).
I upgrade my last Catapult, and all of a sudden, Alex pops up and says, "I know the odds are stacked against me" and declares war on me. There is, as far as I can see, absolutely no logical reason for him to do this. There's nothing in the red text on the Diplo screen, either. He sends some units after me, and I'm able to beat them back quite handily. Three turns later, he sues for peace. He offers me 500 gold, and 44 gold per turn! I accept, and he goes back to being Friendly for the rest of the game (well, until I decide to declare on him later).
A few turns later, Babylon pulls the same stunt. Again, there is no logical reason that I can see. I manage to beat him back, and he sues for peace, offering me three luxuries. I have not, at this point captured anyone's cities - I had wanted a peaceful game, thus the large military. I've also not lost any units. In both cases, it was a very one-sided war.
Three turns later Babylon declares on me again! This time, I get ticked off, and beat him down to one city. He asks for peace, gets it, and remains Guarded the rest of the game (understandably). Both Alex and Egypt are still Friendly, and Rome remains Guarded. No one mentions my warmongering (which they used to do by this point).
I'm at a loss. I have absolutely no idea what to think of this. Unless I'm missing something obvious, there is literally no reason why either Alex or Nebby should have attacked me, especially with me having the strongest military (and by strongest, we're talking more than twice the amount of soldiers listed as the average in Demographics.
Anyone else experience this?
Marc