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[D4everman]

A question: What does the AI use to determine whether or not to attack? I'm just curious to try and understand what kind of reasoning it might use. As the Arabs I was sandwiched between the Indians and th Hittites. I was on good terms with everyone, when the hittites attacked for seemingly no reason. First off, they're UU was outdated by this time, so it was no threat. Secondly, they really had no reason to attack me and every reason not to. I shared tech within reason and offered gold. Does the AI determine that it needs to "whittle" down its opponents if it can't really defeat them?

A surprise happened though. After Ghandi and I wiped the floor the Hittites, they contacted me after 20 turns wanting to renew our peace treaty. I've never seen a Civ ask to renew a peace treaty. Is there some special reason for that?

[Krill]

I don't know about the first point, but if you had a gpt deal, the AI will renegotiate the peace treaty to get rid of the drain

[Dis]

one thing I have noticed, if you are weak in military compared to them, they are likely to be aggressive and attack. They almost always seem to attack me when I neglect my military and let them have a larger army than me (check the mililtary advisor screen).

[Theseus]

1. Did you have gpt deals with the Hittites? If unable to afford such deals, the AI civs will sometimes declare war.

2. Had you previously warred with the Indians and negotiated a peace? Those come up 20 turns later for re-confirmation,

[Cerbykins]

There are also some odd ones. For example, it (the AI) parks outsides your city, so you give it an RoP, and force it to ally with you in your crusade against all the other civs. But because it originally intended to attack you, it breaks all those agreements - is still at war with everyone - and you - takes the rep hit - and probably lose anyway! Good eh?