Outrageous

[Panag]

Originally posted by BigDork
panag...

Well this is going pretty far back for me. We're talking mid-January here. It had actually been a while since we'd been at war but I'd pretty much constantly been at war with Hannibal. I'd wait the 20 and then have at him again(I think).

But honestly I'm not too sure. This was one of my very first games and I wasn't too up on all the workings of diplomacy yet. I wouldn't be surprised if I RoP raped him or something. And I probably razed one or two. But like I said, I don't remember.I just had never seen and have never since seen such an outrageous demand.

BigD

hi ,

thanks , that explains a lot , ....

no wonder he wanted lots of money , .....

have a nice day

[BigDork]

Originally posted by Blaupanzer
What are you doing with that much money and income in the medieval era? If I was him, I'd want to libewrate your trasury too. How did you get your income so high? What level are you playing at?

This was a chieftain game. It was probably my third game ever. And I was way ahead in the tech and getting a lot from some of the other civs.

BigD

[Panag]

Originally posted by Blaupanzer
What are you doing with that much money and income in the medieval era? If I was him, I'd want to libewrate your trasury too. How did you get your income so high? What level are you playing at?

hi ,

banks , marketplaces , wallstreet , tax collectors , big cities , cities near the sea , form of government > democracy works the best , etc , .....

have a nice day

[BigDork]

Originally posted by panag
hi ,

banks , marketplaces , wallstreet , tax collectors , big cities , cities near the sea , form of government > democracy works the best , etc , .....

have a nice day

You forgot tech whoring. I never really did it before 302 and was very surprised at the amount of gold you can rake in.

BigD

[Ubergeek]

OK, the dumbest thing I ever saw the AI do was refuse a city OF ITS OWN that I had captured in a recent war. The Chinese had declared war on me and invaded. The first thing they came to was a fortified city on a checkpoint and they lost untold numbers of Riders against it. After I had built up an offensive force I counterinvaded and captured a city, around Size 8 or so; then I moved my army next to another city and demanded peace. They gave it.

Now, upon further examination I didn't really want the city I had captured, since it was undeveloped and beyond my convenient chokepoint, as well as being so far away from my capital that the corruption was a backbreaker. So I reopened the negotiation screen and asked for a luxury in exchange for the city -- they were insulted by the deal. So I asked for 200 gold in return for the city, and they were insulted. I asked what they would be willing to trade for it and they said it was no-go. So finally I got fed up and just offered the damned thing to them for free, to unload it. They flat-out refused.

This was their city! Every citizen in it was Chinese. I hadn't pillaged or razed any of their cities, and they'd declared war on me instead of the other way around. And yet they told me to stuff it.

[Spiffor]

Ubergeek :
The AI actually refused a gift ? I thought the AI always accepted gifts... (It was one of the reasons behind the lack of unit-trading in the game)

[Kuciwalker]

The stupidest thing I've ever seen the AI do was refuse giving me one of their cities for my entire, massive empire that was larger than every other civ COMBINED.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Ubergeek :
The AI actually refused a gift ? I thought the AI always accepted gifts... (It was one of the reasons behind the lack of unit-trading in the game)

hi ,

seen it before , example ; giving them one buck , they refuse , but when you give them one buck and ask for a map , then they are happy , ...

have a nice day

[Ubergeek]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Ubergeek :
The AI actually refused a gift ? I thought the AI always accepted gifts... (It was one of the reasons behind the lack of unit-trading in the game)

This was when the game had just come out, pre-patch. Who knows what malfunctioning line of code was responsible.

And back then you couldn't even Abandon City

[TheArsenal]

PtW:
I've had a Polite AI not accept cities for no reason I could determine other than - perhaps - they were not in a great location. I've also had the AI not take a gift of any kind from me a turn or two prior to launching an attack.

[mrboo123]

one time, i demand a city, (in the middle of mine country, cluter(sp???) gap,) and GOT IT!

[Kuciwalker]

must be a corrupted file

[Divvy]

I think the best new feature for Civ 4 would be an AI that shows any intelligence what so ever.

[bongo]

TheArsenal, Who were about to attack, you or the AI?

If the AI were planning to attack then accepting gifts could possibly disturb his plans. If I planned to attack an AI and he offered me a gift I definetly would have to think it through before acceping/declining. If he offered me a tech I wanted to go to war over I would accept it. If I planned to annihilate him or take land/resources/luxuries I would refuse.

[statusperfect]

Originally posted by Divvy
I think the best new feature for Civ 4 would be an AI that shows any intelligence what so ever.

Can you point out a TBS game of the same complexity but with better AI than Civ3?