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I agree with kmj. From my experience I'd have to say that the AI reasonably respects your borders, and that the whole border system works beautifully because of (not despite) the occasional tresspassing.
Usually during the land-grab at the beginning it's a big mess. Chaos. Everyone's all over the place. Borders? What are those? We're all barley removed from lives as nomads, after all.
But, I notice that slowly, the AI starts to respect them more. It starts acting more...well...civilized. And, after a while, the only time it violates them is when it's itching for a war.
This is beautiful, IMO. It adds distinctiveness to the early ancient times. In my current game, I look over my territory now, at the dawn of the industrial age, and see my neighbours dilligently patroling troops on their side of their borders, never stepping over, and think back to a more violent age when there was less order in the world.
Usually during the land-grab at the beginning it's a big mess. Chaos. Everyone's all over the place. Borders? What are those? We're all barley removed from lives as nomads, after all.
But, I notice that slowly, the AI starts to respect them more. It starts acting more...well...civilized. And, after a while, the only time it violates them is when it's itching for a war.
This is beautiful, IMO. It adds distinctiveness to the early ancient times. In my current game, I look over my territory now, at the dawn of the industrial age, and see my neighbours dilligently patroling troops on their side of their borders, never stepping over, and think back to a more violent age when there was less order in the world.
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