what makes you say improved diplomacy and agents aren't important? to me, they are paramount. my whole fun and immersion from everything EB offers kind of gets ruined when my allies decide to send 7 syrian archers to besiege a city, then demand that "i don't attack - if you don't attack" (huh????????? what????) it just doesn't have any grounding in any sort of rational thought process. Or the Greeks of Italy who are supported solely by me and would be underfoot of the Romans sine me, besieging me at Syracuse when the Roman's are knocking at their door!

sorry had to rant but MTWII did improve this