Help me negotiate peace !

[MAGBaxter]

I honestly do not understand the AI/diplomacy. I was playing as USA on the my atlas map, so spain has Miami, France has Louisiana. I have tried to buy the cities off of them but no luck, then out of the blue spain bought its Amada to my shores declared war on me and we fought for Atlanta.

Spoiler :

I successfully drove them back and then i went to take Miami as i do not fancy a warmonger on my borders, i successfully took Miami and even though i had killed all of her troops Isabella still didnt want to negotiate for peace, she said " let us put down our arms for the good of our nations, i was like sure, she wanted Atlanta, Boston and Chicago, All of my Coal and Iron resources, half of my money & open borders for her to walts on through. so i obvioulsy said no, i went to West Africa to find she was ammassing an army, i took down two of her Frigates with one of mine and retreated back, then she still didnt want peace and now i have decided to take Havanah and maybe give it her back for peace, im currently fighting for the city, but if that should not work what should i do ? and why did Napolean take a German city just to raze it and then make peace ?

 

[Louis XXIV]

Interesting map. Take the city and offer it for peace if you really want peace (or pay a bit more as well if you have to). If not, why not just stay at war? Build a navy, protect the shore from invasion, and just wait her out.

 

[MAGBaxter]

Interesting map. Take the city and offer it for peace if you really want peace (or pay a bit more as well if you have to). If not, why not just stay at war? Build a navy, protect the shore from invasion, and just wait her out.

I will try and see if it works but she either wont make peace or she will only make peace if she has everything of mine, its so unreasonable, does this happen in everygame because i have never completed a game so far...

 

[CivOasis]

Looking at your scenario, is it possible your army was too small?

 

[Louis XXIV]

AI evaluation of war vs. peace often has less to do with strategic successes or losses, but remaining capability to fight (if they have a large army, even if far away and incapable of reaching you easily), they'll probably be likely to continue the fight.

There is no easy way to have straight peace. Quick victory followed by quick peace is about as likely to happen as it was in World War I.

 

[MAGBaxter]

Looking at your scenario, is it possible your army was too small?

maybe, i tend to keep it small i dont like seeing loads around and it can get expensive.

 

[basta]

I will try and see if it works but she either wont make peace or she will only make peace if she has everything of mine, its so unreasonable, does this happen in everygame because i have never completed a game so far...

Yes, it happens every game. Civ V has tons of war in it so you'd better make peace with it, lol.

You have to crush your foe to get a good peace deal (a bit like the oxymoron peace through strength [militarism]), so don't be afraid to build an army and break some eggs. Leave her some third-rate city leftovers, puppet the cities you captrue, and you will be set for the rest of the game.