AI forms solid empires, but lazy at going to war

[Civking5]

i started my 1st game 4 and five days ago as Shoshone (emperor, fractal, large map, standard speed, 10 civs, 20 Cs).

it is turn 274 now:

Spoiler :

unlike G&K games, currently all civs are alive, and all of them are doing quite well. now, i don't know if all of them are carefully checking the others or just lazy to go and kill thier rivals (which includes me)?

 

[rodrigoq]

Go for gold, play diety. So far, its the same as G&K.. start with 10 civs, AI kills off 2 asap, Then they come for me, if i haven't already started taking lux cities from them. I also make sure the AI's fight eachother and myself, hate me, and fear me, and revere me. Most of my hate comes from missionary spamming the crap out of their cities, stealing their prophets, prophet bombing their cities, and placing cities in places that will get me attacked. As in.. nowhere near my main empire.. in an area 3 or 4 civs claim as their own lands.. then buying tiles, giving the bad response to their ing, and pretty much begging for a DoW. You can really manipulate the other AI's if you keep a few solid friends, keep them happy, and use those AI's to help you create hate towards other civs. It becomes a nasty cycle, but getting free denouncements from an ally, can suddenly take "mr. Loved Empire" to scum of the earth facing 2+ DoW's fairly quick.

 

[Civking5]

an update, turn 292, me and my buddy (from early time in this game) Poland are now at war with Ethiopia.

After Ethiopia suddenly denounced me and i did Ethiopia, my buddy Casimir III ran to me, and said let's go to war and kill Haila Selassie, and i said yes, yes, YES... (orgasmicaly)

 

[dr.skeletor]

Hahaha, that's the greatest post I've read. On my game they've been knocking each other out in the Renaissance, even on Prince.

 

[animalcross]

Yeah, there's usually one or two dead by the modern era for me, luckily I haven't had an AI just run away with it. That always ruined the fun.