Allies attitude to my war efforts?

[Egbert]

Every so often I see comments in this forum such as: "I don't like pillaging my future territory but do it sometimes to keep my allies happy" or "sometimes I send a few soldiers off to some useless war to gratify the allies".

I had never noticed this so my questions are:

does ones participation effect allied attitudes?

if so, how does ones participation in a war effect AI allies attitudes?

[Cruddy]

AI attitude changes are well documented, but I'm blowed if I can remember the link at the moment. Hang on, I'll get back to you.

EDIT

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44999

The gist is, an enemy hates you more when you kill his units (even with a privateer) and take his cities and your allies like your better. So even if you're not prepared for a conquest or long war, it still pays to make a token effort if you want to keep allies.

Respect to Bamspeedy, SirPleb and many other players.

[vulture]

Well, the allies like you better, as long as the war lasts. Razing a city makes them like you a lot. But when they make peace, their attitude towards you is worse because you razed a city. Grrrrrrr.

[PrinceBimz]

Pretty cool guys. I did not know this and I alot of times I end up in war and don't help my allies too well. No wonder they start to get angry with me after a while My last game all I had done to help out my ally (France) who was at war was launch airstrikes from one carrier I had nearby. I did not send one troop over there nor did I send anything else. Then to top it off, I made peace with their enemy very quickly, after only 5 turns. I really showed a careless attitude towards France and they did not like it. It all explains why now.

[Cruddy]

Mind you, if you are going to backstab your allies anyway and want them to declare war on you, this isn't a bad strategy. The airstrikes from a carrier thing would probably have done the trick if you were bombarding tiles (roads and rails) rather than cities. Bombarding cities (I think - can't remember) annoys allies, wheras pillaging makes them happier.