How do i start a world war

[Fitz]

KD, that's never a problem for me. If I'm uber powerful, I still get lots of allies. In fact, I usually get everyone except the offending civ to join in destroying the idiot who attacked me in those circumstances.

Personally, I find I never need to start a large world war, they just happen. If I'm not the most powerful, I head for that position by making really nice with everyone, selling ROPs to those who will buy them (which makes them freindlier) and selling Luxuries/Resources for Gpt (which they are reluctant to lose). Then I sit back, try to catch up as best possible, and eventually laugh as the other civs start a multi way war that typically brings down the (formerly) top dogs of the civ world, and never fire a shot. Eventually my culture is strong enought that I start assimilating all the others (at which point I get to the uber powerful strat again).

[Killerdaffy]

Originally posted by Fitz
KD, that's never a problem for me. If I'm uber powerful, I still get lots of allies. In fact, I usually get everyone except the offending civ to join in destroying the idiot who attacked me in those circumstances.

Personally, I find I never need to start a large world war, they just happen. If I'm not the most powerful, I head for that position by making really nice with everyone, selling ROPs to those who will buy them (which makes them freindlier) and selling Luxuries/Resources for Gpt (which they are reluctant to lose). Then I sit back, try to catch up as best possible, and eventually laugh as the other civs start a multi way war that typically brings down the (formerly) top dogs of the civ world, and never fire a shot. Eventually my culture is strong enought that I start assimilating all the others (at which point I get to the uber powerful strat again).

Which difficulty are you playing on? I am talking Deity here...

[Zylka]

ah Deity I see

[dexters]

I've never quite figured out how to look at the diplomatic relations of other civs with each other.

It appears the lines on the dilplo screen only shows my relations to others.

Anyone know how to find out who is allied with whom?

[vondrack]

Originally posted by dexters
I've never quite figured out how to look at the diplomatic relations of other civs with each other.

It appears the lines on the dilplo screen only shows my relations to others.

Anyone know how to find out who is allied with whom?

Well, as for the alliances, it is simple - just tick the appropriate display option... but I know you must know that, so your question actually is "How do I find who is a friend of whom?" AFAIK, you will never find out, the game will not let you know (which is a fault, IMHO - it should, at least after establishing an embassy with the civ in question).

[Mr. President]

Starting a war? It usually happens to me without specific actions on my part. I like to make ludicrous demands. Keeps my rivals real.