The ambassador's reports on the GoW

[Arrian]

Perhaps. Good thinking.

On the other hand, if and when we get into a war, I'm gonna push for the total destruction of the other side. Human players can't be used like the AI for extortion & GL generation (well, I suppose you can extort from a human, but it doesn't work the same way). I'd rather not leave enemies at our back.

-Arrian

[nbarclay]

Originally posted by Arrian
Perhaps. Good thinking.

On the other hand, if and when we get into a war, I'm gonna push for the total destruction of the other side. Human players can't be used like the AI for extortion & GL generation (well, I suppose you can extort from a human, but it doesn't work the same way). I'd rather not leave enemies at our back.

Normally, I tend to go for the kill even with AIs if it's practical. (When practical, I strongly favor a strategy of research and tech trading over one of warfare and extortion, and eliminating a civ eliminates all risk of culture flips.) But if the other civ has a city or two that's hard to get to, it can make a lot of sense to go ahead and make peace rather than trying to reach an island city or a city that's surrounded (at least on land) by another civ. I don't want a hostile neighbor, but if they aren't a neighbor anymore....

It is also quite possible that a war might bog down to a point where peace makes sense. I'm a big advocate of tech advantages, and switching to Monarchy or using the luxury slider heavily to keep a war going after war weariness becomes serious would be a major setback to research. Similarly, improvements in defensive technology could make continuing a war more expensive than it's worth, at least for the time being.

Nathan

[alva]

@zeit:

Make sure to catch this one

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70987

[zeit]

Thank you alva.
I just checked it out.

We don't have much to negotiate on right now, but hopefuly this will change soon.