AI diplomacy mechanics
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 3:07 am
I am fairly new to Freeciv, just played couple dozens of games with different difficulty settings. Started playing with Civ2, though, and still regularly entertain myself with Alpha Centauri and Civ 4. I really enjoy the old Civ2 style, just think the tech tree is a bit ugly and the diplomacy menu could be a bit more handy.
A problem I encounter in most of my games is the tendency of the AI to join alliances with pretty much any other AI in the game. Alliances I agree to with the AI will sooner or later be dissolved and end up in war. Trading techs and other things does not seem to have an impact on my relations to the AI. At hard difficulty level, I find it close to impossible to beat the AI, when I have to fight a two or more front war, and thanks to the Kill Stack option, things tend to end up in a stalemate.
What is the reason behind the AI to seemingly prefer joining alliances with other AI? Does trading with the AI have an influence on the human player- AI relationship at all? And most important: how can I best avoid finding myself at war with everybody else?
Thanks for any advice!
A problem I encounter in most of my games is the tendency of the AI to join alliances with pretty much any other AI in the game. Alliances I agree to with the AI will sooner or later be dissolved and end up in war. Trading techs and other things does not seem to have an impact on my relations to the AI. At hard difficulty level, I find it close to impossible to beat the AI, when I have to fight a two or more front war, and thanks to the Kill Stack option, things tend to end up in a stalemate.
What is the reason behind the AI to seemingly prefer joining alliances with other AI? Does trading with the AI have an influence on the human player- AI relationship at all? And most important: how can I best avoid finding myself at war with everybody else?
Thanks for any advice!