So I was playing my first game of gods and kings doing decent for a beginner (I picked up civ5 for the first time a week ago), trying out religion and espionage but mostly doing a science run (with a lot of culture from religion and such). I had become friends with almost everyone but russia who i refused to befriend many times because she'd already betrayed her past ally. Suddenly the huns fall on me with battering rams, horse archers, and swordsmen. At least 12 all together, and me and geneva together fended them off and I chased down and slaughtered those who fled.
The huns aren't great at diplomacy due to their violent nature, and soon I had multiple people denouncing them. Good game so far, though they refuse (still, 50 turns later) to make peace unless I give them a city right by my capital that I built and they have absolutely no right to.. But when I tried sending my navy against atilla I met caeser. This is where is gets interesting. Rome immediately is extremely friendly, accepts all trades, opens his borders so I can pass, asks to be my friend and I accept. Then I decide to spy on him.
Turns out he was spying on me, my spy found out he was plotting against me, I denounced him and all my allys (who also were his allys apparently) immediately start telling me I was out of line and one longtime ally (france) even denounced me. What did I do wrong, should I have just let him spy on me and eventually attack?
tl;dr some AI suck at diplomacy (huns) and some are ridiculously great at it (rome), how do you deal with an ally thats likely to betray you?
The huns aren't great at diplomacy due to their violent nature, and soon I had multiple people denouncing them. Good game so far, though they refuse (still, 50 turns later) to make peace unless I give them a city right by my capital that I built and they have absolutely no right to.. But when I tried sending my navy against atilla I met caeser. This is where is gets interesting. Rome immediately is extremely friendly, accepts all trades, opens his borders so I can pass, asks to be my friend and I accept. Then I decide to spy on him.
Turns out he was spying on me, my spy found out he was plotting against me, I denounced him and all my allys (who also were his allys apparently) immediately start telling me I was out of line and one longtime ally (france) even denounced me. What did I do wrong, should I have just let him spy on me and eventually attack?
tl;dr some AI suck at diplomacy (huns) and some are ridiculously great at it (rome), how do you deal with an ally thats likely to betray you?