What diplomacy?
Posted: Jun 28 2006
Played through the Africa scenario twice. First time I was the bad guy, attacked Namibia from the get go and pretty much rolled over everyone that got in the way, which was the rest of the continent. WM hated me but who cared So far so good, no surprises there.
Second time I played it like the good guy. No troops on Namidias border, defcon 5, started to get small treaties with my neighbours etc. Namibia declared war on me ah well, never mind. Took a purely defensive stance in that while fighting ( and winning ) I repeatedly tried to get a ceasefire, even had my diplomacy minister attempting it. WM started by sending me military advisors and giving me military units at no cost. Namibia consistantly refused the ceasefire even though they were getting hammered, then one by one all the other regions started to declare war on me and shortly after the WM started to give me grief which resulted in expulsion.
In short, for a strategy game of such depth and scale the AI diplomacy model truly sucks. Not many problems with the rest of the game but this area really needs work.
Second time I played it like the good guy. No troops on Namidias border, defcon 5, started to get small treaties with my neighbours etc. Namibia declared war on me ah well, never mind. Took a purely defensive stance in that while fighting ( and winning ) I repeatedly tried to get a ceasefire, even had my diplomacy minister attempting it. WM started by sending me military advisors and giving me military units at no cost. Namibia consistantly refused the ceasefire even though they were getting hammered, then one by one all the other regions started to declare war on me and shortly after the WM started to give me grief which resulted in expulsion.
In short, for a strategy game of such depth and scale the AI diplomacy model truly sucks. Not many problems with the rest of the game but this area really needs work.