Lord Emsworth
Emperor
wow you guys are quick with the answers! thanks. and as such, i'll ask one more q if may...(tried to find the answer elsewhere in the forums but was unsuccessful)
i'm playing as carthage on this island map wherein the mongols have to come thru my territory (there's a choke point between me and mongolia) to massacre the ottomans. so basically, there's a huge mongol army in my territory...which is fine with me as long as they're killing ottomans and not me!
right now, i am also at war (technically) with the ottomans...but i want to make peace with them to extract a tech i want to trade to all the other civs (only the ottomans have it).
here he question: i dont have an alliance with the mongols, but if i make peace with ottomans, will that make the mongols more likely to attack me? does the ai have a sort of, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" understanding of the game? (thus making it more likely for them to spank me if i make peace with their enemy, the ottomans?)
sorry that was long-winded. not much of a writer.![]()
Being at war against a common enemy (even without an MA) and inflicting casualties on that enemy all help wrt attitude (i.e. whether a Civ is gracious, polite etc). And better attitude in turn might mean lower chances of being attacked. So, if you make peace with the Ottomans the Mongol attitude towards you could and probably should go down a least a little.
However, I don't think that even matters here. Because in my experience, as long as an AI is at war already with some other civ, you are safe from any sneak attacks. (They may DoW you however as either a part of an MA against you, or as a consequence of a turned down extortion demand.) So, as long as the Mongols are at war with the Ottomans, no worries at all.
The only real danger is that somebody signs an MA with the Mongols against you. However, if you make peace with the Ottomans there is one (the only?) civ less that could sign up the Mongols against you.
Therefore, I'd say that if you make peace with the Ottomans the chances of the Mongols trying anything funny are even lower.
And as an aside... I really love those situations where one civ sends troops through you territory to get at an enemy on the other side. You can see what kind of units they have, how many they have, you know where they are, you can herd them a little (i.e. keep them off mountains and hills) and then - when the time is right ...




... obliterate almost their entire offensive force. Point blank - silver platter.