_Calyx
Warlord
- Joined
- Sep 18, 2011
- Messages
- 111
I recently started playing CiV again, and became embroiled in a war with Alexander (surprise!). Due to poor planning on his part, Alexander's troops were slaughtered, and I was poised to take Sparta.
At this point, Alexander offered peace - as the price, he offered all of his gold, luxuries and strategic resources. I accepted this deal (notably absent were his cities, all of which he kept).
Fast forward about 1500 years: my friend Ramses asks if I will join his war with Alex, and I accept - we beat him up for a while, but he refused to offer anything in exchange for peace - not even 1 gold.
After making peace with Alexander, Ramses decided to declare war on me (probably because he is a jerk). This proved a foolish mistake, as my forces quickly crushed him. Like Alexander, he refused to offer anything for peace - even when he was reduced to a single city.
This activity of the AI is very confusing. I can understand that if Alex offers up a huge tribute for peace, and is then attacked immediately after the treaty expires, he would be hesitant to do so again. But 1500 years is plenty of time for perfectly legitimate new grievances to arise.
Why doesn't this AI behavior have an expiration? When I can't get anything for peace, I feel almost forced to take cities to gain some benefit from the war.
At this point, Alexander offered peace - as the price, he offered all of his gold, luxuries and strategic resources. I accepted this deal (notably absent were his cities, all of which he kept).
Fast forward about 1500 years: my friend Ramses asks if I will join his war with Alex, and I accept - we beat him up for a while, but he refused to offer anything in exchange for peace - not even 1 gold.
After making peace with Alexander, Ramses decided to declare war on me (probably because he is a jerk). This proved a foolish mistake, as my forces quickly crushed him. Like Alexander, he refused to offer anything for peace - even when he was reduced to a single city.
This activity of the AI is very confusing. I can understand that if Alex offers up a huge tribute for peace, and is then attacked immediately after the treaty expires, he would be hesitant to do so again. But 1500 years is plenty of time for perfectly legitimate new grievances to arise.
Why doesn't this AI behavior have an expiration? When I can't get anything for peace, I feel almost forced to take cities to gain some benefit from the war.
