I have a bad reputation

This is really messed up because all my diplomats are getting very sny remarks. What a ceasfire? your still alive!!!!

I decided for a new policy, all trespassers shall be put to the sword. I figured everytime I have a trespassing army without military access(military access yeah right!!!) I'll attack it and then ask for a ceasefire.

Well I started off with Carthage. The Greeks were the first to trespass but I forgave that intrusion as the Scipii chased them over onto my land. So the Numidians trespassed so I annilated there army. I then send a diplomat for a ceasefire, no deal. It goes on to Spain and Egypt trespassing. I even started the punic wars because the Julii were on Caralis. Now because I "started" all these wars I can not get any diplomatic negotiations.

I did'nt start any of these wars I was just removing unwanted armies off my lands. Even with the Numidians down to Siwa they will not accept a ceasfire.

Trespassing without military access is one thing but why should I have a bad reputation for punishing trespassers. Heck this should add points to your diplomatic relations. This guy does'nt take bullpucky from anyone. Also rescuing Syracuse for the Greeks did'nt seem to earn me any extra points(i'm there ally) but seemed to worsen it because I rescued it W/O military access.

Money is a great lubricant for diplomacy in RTW. If you can spare the cash you can often secure a ceasefire with 10k or so of hard cash. May seem like a lot of dough to hand out to a tiny nation to stop them fighting you... but if you can get trade rights going again you can often make the money back anyway.

Generally I find it's better to let the enemy enter your provinces everynow and then. It's usually obvious when they're going to siege a city as opposed to wander aimlessly through your lands. Before I've driven away a potential attacker simply by doing the same to them, parking an army next to one of their cities. They often withdraw their army when you do that. The other alternative is to bribe away trepassing armies.

I say kill 'em all!! :charge: I now have neither patience nor mercy for armies passing through my lands. The whole PR and diplomacy is, as we know, not quite as flawless as we'd want it to be. Just as most of the micromanagement part of the game. So, I just cannot be bothered and will slaughter any intruders.