Quote Originally Posted by foop View Post
Now, I could keep a full stack in all coastal cities and post a picket of sloops along my coast. But is that really what I have to do? Have CA really stooped so low as to use unfathomable war declarations to beef up the difficulty? Or am I missing some new diplomacy mechanic that makes people suddenly hate you?

Argh!
They've really stooped so low that they use unfathomable war declarations... Then again, they've done that since I've been playing the series (the first Medieval).