Suicidal Stupid AI

[Connacht]

Well, in my Seleucid campaign I control the whole Mediterranean area and the lands from Babylon to the Indus and nobody (except for the Lusotannans) dares to get an army nearby my lands. So I thought that maybe the AI thinks that I'm too strong for a war, unless a big alliance is formed against me (but the second strongest power are the Aedui who are my allies).

[Celtic_Punk]

If you want gripping diplomacy play Hearts of Iron II... i wish they'd take that map and that diplomacy, and put it into TW. best of both worlds!

[Cullhwch]

I really think that it's only about how well-garrisoned your border cities are. If you have 5x the military strength of another faction and 10 provinces that border theirs, the AI will see one poorly-garrisoned city as a worthwhile target and besiege it. It will do this even if you have ten or so full stacks within easy marching distance of all of its cities. It's just mindblowingly stupid in this respect, and there is nothing you can do about it save for keeping your borders well-fortified.

[Beefy187]

If you want gripping diplomacy play Hearts of Iron II... i wish they'd take that map and that diplomacy, and put it into TW. best of both worlds!

Lets hope ETW has a decent diplomacy.

is M2TW diplomacy really that bad? I never tried it out.

[Marcus Ulpius]

I played M2TW with Stainless Steel mod for some time. The diplomacy seems to be a little better. The AI is more reasonable to accept a ceasefire and you don't get backstabbed by your allies too often, but on the other hand it was much easier to form alliances and if you form too many, nearly no one will attack you, so you will always be picking your own targets of opportunity which makes the game easier. Although I remember reading in the mod release notes that they've modded the probability of backstabbings and alliances with factions of different religion. So, may be not all diplomacy is hardcoded.