I just bought warlords and it seems that the AI has been modified to be far more likely to declare war. Note that I'm playing without extra-aggressive civs checked, and so-on.
I started monarch games to ease into the expansion, and so far, the AI has been far more aggressive than it used to be: to the point of nearly being irrationally aggressive, not cleverly aggressive. Note that this is playing as Victoria (Fin / Imp).
The first game I played, I had a +3 relationship with Asoka of all people. I had reasonable if smallish garrissons, and he declared war on me. Here's the kicker: his civ was halfway across the map and this was in the early game's expansion phase.
Second game, I got smacked by a new AI (hannibal) and got pincered between two AIs. They aggressively built into my land, and they couldn't get any. No copper, pretty hopeless, understandable.
Third game that proceeded further: I'm between Brennus, Mansa Musa, and Bismark. I initially have positive relationships with all of them. Mansa Musa is economically weaker than me and he declares war; I take several cities. Then Brennus declares war, even though I've been continuously building a military. I smack him around some, take one city, and reach peace. At this point, having to have so damned many units to fight all these people, and with their random pillaging, my and my neighbors' economy is weakened enough that none of us will have a shot against the major players (Cyrus, Saladin).
I eventually knock back bismark and all three civs are weakened. Brennus declares war again, stupidly, and I raze some cities; then Mansa Musa and Bismark declare war again. My war weariness is nearly crippling my economy, and I can't get any consistent peace. Nor, in the course of the game, have I done anything save refuse some demands to piss anyone off. And the kicker is, I can eventually win against them; they're just all going to ensure that none of us have a shot at being a major power.
All of this happened before longbowmen. Is this normal in Warlords? The AI is declaring war so much that it defies their self-interest, and it isn't any fun at all, honestly. I am also suspicious that there is some bias to declare war on the player in particular in Warlords?
Meh.
I started monarch games to ease into the expansion, and so far, the AI has been far more aggressive than it used to be: to the point of nearly being irrationally aggressive, not cleverly aggressive. Note that this is playing as Victoria (Fin / Imp).
The first game I played, I had a +3 relationship with Asoka of all people. I had reasonable if smallish garrissons, and he declared war on me. Here's the kicker: his civ was halfway across the map and this was in the early game's expansion phase.
Second game, I got smacked by a new AI (hannibal) and got pincered between two AIs. They aggressively built into my land, and they couldn't get any. No copper, pretty hopeless, understandable.
Third game that proceeded further: I'm between Brennus, Mansa Musa, and Bismark. I initially have positive relationships with all of them. Mansa Musa is economically weaker than me and he declares war; I take several cities. Then Brennus declares war, even though I've been continuously building a military. I smack him around some, take one city, and reach peace. At this point, having to have so damned many units to fight all these people, and with their random pillaging, my and my neighbors' economy is weakened enough that none of us will have a shot against the major players (Cyrus, Saladin).
I eventually knock back bismark and all three civs are weakened. Brennus declares war again, stupidly, and I raze some cities; then Mansa Musa and Bismark declare war again. My war weariness is nearly crippling my economy, and I can't get any consistent peace. Nor, in the course of the game, have I done anything save refuse some demands to piss anyone off. And the kicker is, I can eventually win against them; they're just all going to ensure that none of us have a shot at being a major power.
All of this happened before longbowmen. Is this normal in Warlords? The AI is declaring war so much that it defies their self-interest, and it isn't any fun at all, honestly. I am also suspicious that there is some bias to declare war on the player in particular in Warlords?
Meh.
). Anyway, sounds like those last two games the AI fought pretty intelligently, wheras Asoka was definitely stupidly aggressive.
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) then it rightly sees you as shark bait.
Pretty good 
