Alliance with Rome?

**blado** · 09-25-2008, 03:27

I'm playing as Koinon Hellenon in 243b.c. and sent one of my diplomats to ally with Rome, but for some reason there is no option for alliance. Does anyone know whats wrong?

**-Praetor-** · 09-25-2008, 04:06

You`re at war with one of their allies, or they are at war with one of your allies.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 09-25-2008, 06:28

Or you destroyed one of their allies. If this is the case, then you'll never be able to get an alliance.

**General Appo** · 09-25-2008, 07:43

Which really really sucks. Stupid thing really by CA.

**blado** · 09-25-2008, 12:15

I haven't managed to get any allies. Every single person neighboring is at war with me.From Rome to pontus and the selucids, they all hate me . I think they were allied with Epeiros, who I killed off a long time ago. I guess it doesn't matter now, since they just attacked one of my cities. Any tips for getting an alliance so I don't have people attacking me and trying to kill me on every front?

**Hegix** · 09-25-2008, 14:16

Alliances won't change anything. Your allies won't help out in your wars and as soon as they sense weakness on your borders with them they will backstab you. Diplomacy in any TW game is completely useless.

**-Praetor-** · 09-25-2008, 17:22

Originally Posted by General Appo

Which really really sucks. Stupid thing really by CA.

Why`s that? Isn`t it logic that if you`re at war with a nation that`s friends with another, you can`t befriend the second faction?

Examples are aplenty in history. In this timeperiod, the episode with Syphax during the second punic war.

**Hegix** · 09-25-2008, 17:32

I assume that he is talking about how it's impossible to befriend the allies of an extinct nation. I guess it's more of an oversight than a design decision though. What bugs me the most is that your allies do bugger-all when you get attacked. What kind of twisted alliance is that? It is one of the things that made me stop playing EB and switch to EUIII for now.