AI peace deals are super stupid

[Ixipkcams]

They just love to give away towns. My first play through was on a difficulty too easy perhaps and I was murdering AIs and super greedy and making peace deals and collecting towns before I realized the happiness penalties. Ok, but this second one, higher difficulty, I resolved to play narrow and tall like the game suggests I should, but for some reason, the AI’s had a real hate for me and just would not stop attacking, fending off 3v1 wars from the start, murdering their units but just defending my cities, and now they come for peace and just want to give me towns, even though I’m not even attacking them, a fair deal would just be peace, but no, they want to give me a town, I don’t even know where the towns are. WTH is up with them giving towns so easy?

 

[evonannoredars]

It'd make sense if they prioritised offering up settlements if the player was on the way to capturing it.
They can be a bit odd with their war strategy in general. I was once desperately defending my town from Charlemagne's horsemen with so many combat strength boosts. Eventually decided to retreat, with the plan to let him take the town then recapture it from a stronger position, but then he left it alone? I guess he was just fighting my troops because they were near his border, not because he wanted to conquer that (pretty good) town??

 

[Chefofrats]

Maybe it's because there is nothing else to offer for peace? Gold, techs, resources... Nope, just plain peace or peace with settlements on top.