bison21
Warlord
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- Nov 21, 2012
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Hey everyone,
I have been sinking some time into civ5 lately and I have come to wonder the following.
Does the AI denounce you sometimes because of your bold-red actions, but if they had the choice they would rather not to?
So this sounds a bit ridiculous given that the AI doesn't hold preferences in that sense, but I find that there are 2 types of denunciations (I play a domination game, one Emperor one Immortal, same results):
1. The AI is willing to go to war with you and happily cuts off all trade and any possible favours that they could give you. Classical "you're warmongering, I hate you know" response.
2. The AI denounces me, but the next turn it immediately asks for shared embassies, and will then request trade deals with me (lux for 3gpt, no more). They will also not declare war at any point, even if I carry on capturing capitals or eliminating civs.
I get this feeling that the 2nd case seems to be that the AI itself, usually a neighbour, actually benefits from me in many ways, but my actions "leave them no choice" so to speak. A bit like a bandwagoning effect. That if they were a human player, they would let me get away with it, because their own profit is higher when they do not denounce me. The civs in question were Rome in one game, Egypt in another. Especially Rome surprised me, as I expected a denounce-friendly-backstab circle, but nothing of the sort happened.
Have you experienced this? Any thoughts?
I have been sinking some time into civ5 lately and I have come to wonder the following.
Does the AI denounce you sometimes because of your bold-red actions, but if they had the choice they would rather not to?
So this sounds a bit ridiculous given that the AI doesn't hold preferences in that sense, but I find that there are 2 types of denunciations (I play a domination game, one Emperor one Immortal, same results):
1. The AI is willing to go to war with you and happily cuts off all trade and any possible favours that they could give you. Classical "you're warmongering, I hate you know" response.
2. The AI denounces me, but the next turn it immediately asks for shared embassies, and will then request trade deals with me (lux for 3gpt, no more). They will also not declare war at any point, even if I carry on capturing capitals or eliminating civs.
I get this feeling that the 2nd case seems to be that the AI itself, usually a neighbour, actually benefits from me in many ways, but my actions "leave them no choice" so to speak. A bit like a bandwagoning effect. That if they were a human player, they would let me get away with it, because their own profit is higher when they do not denounce me. The civs in question were Rome in one game, Egypt in another. Especially Rome surprised me, as I expected a denounce-friendly-backstab circle, but nothing of the sort happened.
Have you experienced this? Any thoughts?