A.I. wired to Declare War on Heresy Proliferation?

[Turquoiside]

Despite over a year in CIV, I still don't know the small details that work the A.I.'s decisions and such, but I thought I had good idea. Until now, becuase I encountered a situation reoccuring som frequently that I can no longer ignore it. In fact, it has destroyed many of my desperate plans time and time again and I must get an answer!

Is the A.I., every single one, programmed to prepare for war if you spread a non-state religion actively? I"ve had more than three recent accounts:

In one Monty game that came so close to being my second win, I have just noticed Hauyna attacked me soon after I tried to Christianize him. I thought nothing of it until:

In a game as Tokugawa, I tried to convert Gilgy, but he soon attacked, though he got slaughtered, with a decent stack.

And today, the fly that breaks tha camel's back: I try to Spread my religion to Catty and July. Catty attacks with a weak army and July invades with a pret and catapult stack that is actually pretty decent. Yeah, decent. I'm afraid to re-open the BTS window.

I have tons more of these! So I guess I can confidently say that the A.I. will declare war with high odds if you spread your religion in heathen lands. However, is there a slight chance I am wrong and I don't have to change strategies just yet?

 

[ori]

there is nothing like this to be found in the code - so I guess its something else... The AI is mostly interested in whether it is stronger than you when deciding whether to declare ware...

 

[QuixotesGhost]

It might be that you are neglecting military at the expense of missionaries; so the AI decides it should declare.

 

[Turquoiside]

Example two is why I didn't think it was military neglection. I had a pretty decent army, that as I said slaughtered his army. Plus missionaries don't take that long so building three about every 15 turns didn't really hurt me. It is always the A.I. that I sprea too, be it threee empires across or next door. Example three, having them move in order is a big indicator of some problem

 

[Turquoiside]

Once again, last night, I spread my religion to Jewish Augustus and he declared on me. There nust be something happening here, and it isn't bribing, or a coincidence.

 

[nbcman]

Maybe coincidence. If you and Augustus were different religions, it took some turns for the 'differing faiths' diplomatic demerit to affect your relations such that Augustus would declare war.

 

[Tephros]

It's pretty hard to rule out coincidence.

 

[Willem]

However, is there a slight chance I am wrong and I don't have to change strategies just yet?

I'd say you're wrong about that. I've never seen anything that would indicate this happening. I'm usually pretty aggressive when it comes to spreading my religion and I've never had anyone declare on me because of it.