How to get one A.I. controled civ to declare war on another A.I. controled civ?
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zebomba
Warlord
Signing an alliance against someone is costy, but has immediate efects.
Trade embargos tend to make them fight.
Also, conquering cities and giving them to other civs tend to make them fighting a lot too.
Trade embargos tend to make them fight.
Also, conquering cities and giving them to other civs tend to make them fighting a lot too.
I am currently playing a regent/huge with the default number of civs, (seven?), and I can't get into even the smallest of wars without the entire world following suit....
The worst offender has got to be the Atecs. They are like sharks, the first hint of weakness from even their best of friends, and they're marching their armies into his capital in no time.
Dont' get me wrong, war is just dandy. But if it drags on for very long eventually every civ is at war with at least two others....and this is bad for business. It's just depressing trying to sell quality luxuries, resources, and tech advances to broke civs. Even though it IS fun to watch! I used the latest to finally remove the hated Babs, and Zulu's from my continent.....thus securing even more resources, and luxuries for future barter.
The worst offender has got to be the Atecs. They are like sharks, the first hint of weakness from even their best of friends, and they're marching their armies into his capital in no time.
Dont' get me wrong, war is just dandy. But if it drags on for very long eventually every civ is at war with at least two others....and this is bad for business. It's just depressing trying to sell quality luxuries, resources, and tech advances to broke civs. Even though it IS fun to watch! I used the latest to finally remove the hated Babs, and Zulu's from my continent.....thus securing even more resources, and luxuries for future barter.
I haven't noticed that the AI opponents have any problem declaring war on each other or me. In the game I have going now, even Ghandi of India is quite agressive (maybe it's something in that vegetarian curry he keeps pushing on me hehe). They make mutual protection pacts, alliances, and embargos galore. Japan is the other big power in this game, but they are actually quite tame. They have let me peacefully grow along the southern coast of their continent after having wiped the Babylonians out. The Japanese leader is actually quite friendly and helpful, asking after a recent deal "Is there any other little thing I can do for you?" hehe.
In my last game, I was the most peaceful country, but everyone else was slugging it out with someone most of the game. After Germany and Russia wiped out England, they occupied one half of the world, with me (Romans), Greece, the Aztecs, Egyptians, and a puny Iriquois nation on the other half. The Greeks and Egyptians were by far the most powerful on our side of the world, the Aztecs were a little ahead of me, and the Iriquois were doing good with what they had, but only had a couple of cities. The Greeks and Egyptians were constantly getting dragged into each other's wars with Germany and Russia through mutual protection deals, and occasionally the Aztecs and Iriquois too. I managed to stay out of the fray most of the game, mainly because I had no iron of my own or rubber, and had to get rubber from Russia, who was always aligned with Germany.
When I was able to trade for iron and rubber, I built up my forces as best I could, then tried two different paths (love that save game feature hehe). The first time through, I invaded the Aztecs since they had iron and rubber not far from my border. Big mistake! Before long, Egyptian modern armor, including an army of it, was pouring into my country, apparently with a scorched earth mandate. Cruise missiles, B-2 bombers, you name it, were raining down on me. The Greeks joined in too. In the second run through, I maintained my "stay out of trouble" attitude, and deployed my forces to defensive positions. Eventually the Aztecs made some silly demand, which I refused, and then they attacked me! When I counter-attacked their territory, Egypt and Greece joined in with the Aztecs to clobber me, with extreme prejudice hehe.
In my last game, I was the most peaceful country, but everyone else was slugging it out with someone most of the game. After Germany and Russia wiped out England, they occupied one half of the world, with me (Romans), Greece, the Aztecs, Egyptians, and a puny Iriquois nation on the other half. The Greeks and Egyptians were by far the most powerful on our side of the world, the Aztecs were a little ahead of me, and the Iriquois were doing good with what they had, but only had a couple of cities. The Greeks and Egyptians were constantly getting dragged into each other's wars with Germany and Russia through mutual protection deals, and occasionally the Aztecs and Iriquois too. I managed to stay out of the fray most of the game, mainly because I had no iron of my own or rubber, and had to get rubber from Russia, who was always aligned with Germany.
When I was able to trade for iron and rubber, I built up my forces as best I could, then tried two different paths (love that save game feature hehe). The first time through, I invaded the Aztecs since they had iron and rubber not far from my border. Big mistake! Before long, Egyptian modern armor, including an army of it, was pouring into my country, apparently with a scorched earth mandate. Cruise missiles, B-2 bombers, you name it, were raining down on me. The Greeks joined in too. In the second run through, I maintained my "stay out of trouble" attitude, and deployed my forces to defensive positions. Eventually the Aztecs made some silly demand, which I refused, and then they attacked me! When I counter-attacked their territory, Egypt and Greece joined in with the Aztecs to clobber me, with extreme prejudice hehe.
In response to an earlier post:
Sometimes alliances can be very easy to make. I'm currently playing as the Babylonians and I've found that it tends to be extremely easy to get the Zulu and the Germans (both militaristic civs) to agree to military alliances. I didn't have to 'bribe' them at all!
I imagine that a civ's willingness to make military alliances depends in part on the civ's overall aggression level. The Zulu, for example, were fighting at least three wars at once at one point, due in large part to my urgings... :crazyeyes
Sometimes alliances can be very easy to make. I'm currently playing as the Babylonians and I've found that it tends to be extremely easy to get the Zulu and the Germans (both militaristic civs) to agree to military alliances. I didn't have to 'bribe' them at all!
I imagine that a civ's willingness to make military alliances depends in part on the civ's overall aggression level. The Zulu, for example, were fighting at least three wars at once at one point, due in large part to my urgings... :crazyeyes
