Citystates can't enter your borders, even if you want them to (unless you declare war

[zimmah]

I once was allied with a citystate, that was surrounded by my borders at 3 sides, and by Russia on the other side.

While i was at war with France and Babylon, the citystate also had war with them. but all the units just kept moving in circles because it could not cross any borders. (it had like 15 units at the time, before they all got killed by russia in a later war)

I believe this is not really a bug, but it still needs to be overlooked.

I hope this will be fixed, either:


Option 1) Friendly and Allied (or just Allied) citystates will automaticly have mutual open borders (they can cross your borders, you can cross theirs)

Option 2) There will be a button on all citystates (just like 'stop unit spawning' and 'resume unit spawning' that will allow you to 'open borders' and 'close borders'

This way the citystates might actually be slightly helpfull in wars, instead of being trapped by their own allies.

 

[The_J]

Please provide a savegame for this situation.

 

[dexters]

^ I think he's making an observation plus making a suggestion. Might be more suited for Ideas and suggestions.

And yes, I can confirm friendly CS will always keep their troops within their borders and never 'help' you defend any part of your empire unless the CS itself is part of your frontline. They will wait until the enemy is close to their borders before moving their troops to do anything.

The CS will however invade your territory if your at war.