HappyBuilder
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Playing a game on Emperor level as Rome...
Persia, which is at the antipode of the planet from me, is having a tough time. Russia sacked Pasagardae before most civs had settled a 3rd city and Greece has been beseiging them for much of the game. Interested in preventing either of those civs from gaining a second capital, I become Persia's benefactor. I gift them nearby units produced by friendly city-states; I provide them with horses and iron free of charge so they can defend themselves. We have a declaration of friendship and I give them everything they ask.
Then the effers denounce me.
A turn later Greece asks me if I'd like to destroy Persia and I give them the greenlight, DOWing them, thus stripping them of all of their strategic resources. Why did Persia betray me? Allegedly they feared I was a warmongering menace to the world. Even if I was (a debatable proposition), denouncing me was suicide for them. I don't care what other factors went into the decision, "Losing their support will mean my immediate death" should have been the overriding factor.
HB
Persia, which is at the antipode of the planet from me, is having a tough time. Russia sacked Pasagardae before most civs had settled a 3rd city and Greece has been beseiging them for much of the game. Interested in preventing either of those civs from gaining a second capital, I become Persia's benefactor. I gift them nearby units produced by friendly city-states; I provide them with horses and iron free of charge so they can defend themselves. We have a declaration of friendship and I give them everything they ask.
Then the effers denounce me.
A turn later Greece asks me if I'd like to destroy Persia and I give them the greenlight, DOWing them, thus stripping them of all of their strategic resources. Why did Persia betray me? Allegedly they feared I was a warmongering menace to the world. Even if I was (a debatable proposition), denouncing me was suicide for them. I don't care what other factors went into the decision, "Losing their support will mean my immediate death" should have been the overriding factor.
HB