Kommodus
06-04-2004, 22:17
In my recent campaign as the English in Early/Expert, I gained an alliance with the French immediately. (I know a lot of people like to destroy France right away, but I chose a different route.) Instead, I unified the British Isles and drove back the Almohads, who were overrunning Spain. Almost every nation on the map sent their emissaries to London to request alliances, which I happily granted. All was well.
However, the French were beating the Germans and were getting alarmingly large and powerful. I knew war with them was inevitable, so when I thought the time was right, I broke the alliance with a strong surprise attack, winning three provinces immediately. However, every last nation that was allied with both me and the French decided to stay allied with France, breaking their alliances with England Perhaps they did this because I had betrayed my alliance, and they saw that an alliance with my treacherous nation wasn't worth much?
The war with France was much tougher than expected, but I was victorious, and ultimately conquered France and what remained of Germany, plus Scandinavia. In the brief years of peace that followed, my alliances were restored with most of my old allies, while I built up my armies and infrastructure. However, the Egyptian Sultanate was gaining the upper hand in its war with the Byzantines, and eventually even Constantinople fell. I was allied with Egypt at the time, but like France, they were getting too powerful. I sent a crusade to Antioch while other armies smashed into Egypt's lands in North Africa and Asia Minor.
Once again, every former ally of mine sided with the Egyptians My withering attack on Egypt continued, and soon their empire was divided and thrown into civil war. However, my relationships with the remaining nations of Europe were irreparably damaged, and within a few years, I was at war with every remaining nation except the Byzantines and the Pope.
While my navy struggled against the Italian armada, my armies held back the tide of Hungarians, Polish, and Italian forces, while the armies I had sent to Egypt, now stranded, managed to hold their own and while awaiting reinforcements. It took a few decades, but I have now reduced the Italians to a few provinces, blitzed through Poland, destroyed most of Hungary's forces, and even expanded my conquests in the east. However, the cost has been high.
Do the AI-controlled nations hold it against you if you break your alliances with other nations? Are there any other consequences for such perfidious actions? I admit that I have acted as a ruthless emperor in this campaign.
However, the French were beating the Germans and were getting alarmingly large and powerful. I knew war with them was inevitable, so when I thought the time was right, I broke the alliance with a strong surprise attack, winning three provinces immediately. However, every last nation that was allied with both me and the French decided to stay allied with France, breaking their alliances with England Perhaps they did this because I had betrayed my alliance, and they saw that an alliance with my treacherous nation wasn't worth much?
The war with France was much tougher than expected, but I was victorious, and ultimately conquered France and what remained of Germany, plus Scandinavia. In the brief years of peace that followed, my alliances were restored with most of my old allies, while I built up my armies and infrastructure. However, the Egyptian Sultanate was gaining the upper hand in its war with the Byzantines, and eventually even Constantinople fell. I was allied with Egypt at the time, but like France, they were getting too powerful. I sent a crusade to Antioch while other armies smashed into Egypt's lands in North Africa and Asia Minor.
Once again, every former ally of mine sided with the Egyptians My withering attack on Egypt continued, and soon their empire was divided and thrown into civil war. However, my relationships with the remaining nations of Europe were irreparably damaged, and within a few years, I was at war with every remaining nation except the Byzantines and the Pope.
While my navy struggled against the Italian armada, my armies held back the tide of Hungarians, Polish, and Italian forces, while the armies I had sent to Egypt, now stranded, managed to hold their own and while awaiting reinforcements. It took a few decades, but I have now reduced the Italians to a few provinces, blitzed through Poland, destroyed most of Hungary's forces, and even expanded my conquests in the east. However, the cost has been high.
Do the AI-controlled nations hold it against you if you break your alliances with other nations? Are there any other consequences for such perfidious actions? I admit that I have acted as a ruthless emperor in this campaign.