Tamir Lenk
Chieftain
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2014
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Another warmongering rant.
The concept of causus belli is great, but the timing doesn't work at all.
Except for a formal DOW in the classical era, the reduced warmonger penalty does nothing for you. By the time you unlock the more sophisticated war triggers, you still face moderate or higher penalties. Moreover, in my games, even moderate warmonger scores generate universal hate from the rest of the world.
Also, what's the point of AI promises not to convert or forward settle. If (when) they break the promise, why doesn't that reduce the warmongering hit for the corresponding causus belli? In Civ V, breaking a diplomatic promise caused all known civs to dislike you, or the AI (recall Ghengis Khan). In this game, I see nothing like that. If the AI promises to stop converting cities and then immediately converts another one, I still am a monster when I declare Holy War on it.
The concept of causus belli is great, but the timing doesn't work at all.
Except for a formal DOW in the classical era, the reduced warmonger penalty does nothing for you. By the time you unlock the more sophisticated war triggers, you still face moderate or higher penalties. Moreover, in my games, even moderate warmonger scores generate universal hate from the rest of the world.
Also, what's the point of AI promises not to convert or forward settle. If (when) they break the promise, why doesn't that reduce the warmongering hit for the corresponding causus belli? In Civ V, breaking a diplomatic promise caused all known civs to dislike you, or the AI (recall Ghengis Khan). In this game, I see nothing like that. If the AI promises to stop converting cities and then immediately converts another one, I still am a monster when I declare Holy War on it.