Quote Originally Posted by Claudio View Post
The UP were destroyed on the third turn by France, which was depressing. I've taken a -20 relationship hit with the entire world because I declined to go to war with my ally Portugal against the Maratha Confederacy, which is ridiculous. I should have taken -20 with Portugal only, not the entire world, because the Maratha Confederacy are my biggest trading partner, after UP got destroyed on turn 3..
I disagree. you should take a worldwide hit if you do not help your allies as you have shown you are not a reliable nation and thus others should be more reluctant to make agreements with you. Your reputation should suffer. The issue I had was being penalized when you did help an ally as you could be under 1.3.