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Let me make something clear right off the bat: I think the AI is pretty good, all things considered. What follows is not criticism, it is born of curiousity - I want to know why the AI did something that I don't understand.
The situation:
I, Japan, am the world leader in... everything. For once, I played warmonger from the start, and I annihilated my two neighbors, securing my own continent (Normal world, Continents, 8civs, Monarch). Shortly thereafter, I discovered everyone else and noted that the French were rather weak. They were still trying to lock up their borders and were have a devil of a time connecting their incense to their road net. Maybe it was that sneaky Japanese horseman who kept cutting the road
Anyway, I attacked France, and for a pittance Herr Bismarck joined my righteous crusade. We carved up France, each taking about half of it. I gained 2 incense and 1 wine. Bismarck gained 1 incense.
That was during the early middle ages. Now, fast forward into the Industrial Age. I have managed a large tech lead (my first ever with 1.17), such that I have Tanks before any of the remaining AI's have infantry. In fact, I had about 50 Tanks built up and was preparing to attack England, because they had all three luxuries I didn't, and would not, under any circumstances, make a trade that I considered "fair." Essentially, Elizabeth laughted at me when I offered a 4 for 1 trade, plus 25 gpt. I had a right of passage with the Germans, and also with Persia. So, I took a large stack of Tanks (12 or so) from my former French lands and sent them, via the "j" command to the English border.
After the first turn of movement, my stack of Tanks was in the middle of Germany. I got a message popup: "The Germans have declared war on us!"
*boggle*
I have no idea why. NONE. I outnumbered them ("compared to them, we have a strong army"), I out-teched them (Tanks/Infantry/Bombers vs. Rifles/Cavalry) and I was a trading partner, former ally, and had an active RoP. It took me 8 turns to destroy Germany.
There is only one thing that directly involved Germany that I can think of which may have effected relations: I had acquired 2 cities from Germany by culture flipping since our alliance with France. One of those cities had an iron... nothing else IIRC. Germany had iron elsewhere. Germany's diplomatic stance toward me remained "polite."
The turn prior to the German attack, I had tried and failed to plant a spy in England. It is possible that I took a small reputation hit and that was a factor, but even England was still "polite" afterward.
Could it be that such a large stack of Tanks moving through Germany caused them to attack me, despite the RoP?
Anyone have any ideas?
-Arrian
The situation:
I, Japan, am the world leader in... everything. For once, I played warmonger from the start, and I annihilated my two neighbors, securing my own continent (Normal world, Continents, 8civs, Monarch). Shortly thereafter, I discovered everyone else and noted that the French were rather weak. They were still trying to lock up their borders and were have a devil of a time connecting their incense to their road net. Maybe it was that sneaky Japanese horseman who kept cutting the road
Anyway, I attacked France, and for a pittance Herr Bismarck joined my righteous crusade. We carved up France, each taking about half of it. I gained 2 incense and 1 wine. Bismarck gained 1 incense.That was during the early middle ages. Now, fast forward into the Industrial Age. I have managed a large tech lead (my first ever with 1.17), such that I have Tanks before any of the remaining AI's have infantry. In fact, I had about 50 Tanks built up and was preparing to attack England, because they had all three luxuries I didn't, and would not, under any circumstances, make a trade that I considered "fair." Essentially, Elizabeth laughted at me when I offered a 4 for 1 trade, plus 25 gpt. I had a right of passage with the Germans, and also with Persia. So, I took a large stack of Tanks (12 or so) from my former French lands and sent them, via the "j" command to the English border.
After the first turn of movement, my stack of Tanks was in the middle of Germany. I got a message popup: "The Germans have declared war on us!"
*boggle*
I have no idea why. NONE. I outnumbered them ("compared to them, we have a strong army"), I out-teched them (Tanks/Infantry/Bombers vs. Rifles/Cavalry) and I was a trading partner, former ally, and had an active RoP. It took me 8 turns to destroy Germany.
There is only one thing that directly involved Germany that I can think of which may have effected relations: I had acquired 2 cities from Germany by culture flipping since our alliance with France. One of those cities had an iron... nothing else IIRC. Germany had iron elsewhere. Germany's diplomatic stance toward me remained "polite."
The turn prior to the German attack, I had tried and failed to plant a spy in England. It is possible that I took a small reputation hit and that was a factor, but even England was still "polite" afterward.
Could it be that such a large stack of Tanks moving through Germany caused them to attack me, despite the RoP?
Anyone have any ideas?
-Arrian
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