Breaking an alliance?

[Martok]

Problem: noone is at war with the french and it would be plain stupid or an enormous oversite on someones part not to punish your leader's reputation for a surprise attack on an alli. Shogun was created long before MTW and has such events factored in, so what's the deal? So much for the age of chivalry! So it is attack an alli or wait for someone to go to war with them (thinking they might have to fight me too!)? ~Shakes head~

No one is at war with the French?? That's gotta be a first in this game.....

Seriously, though, I don't think I've ever seen France stay at peace with anyone for more than a decade or so--if that! It shouldn't take too long before they go to war against one of your other allies, at which point you can choose to end your "friendship" with them.

Also, you can certainly attack an ally, but doing so will cost your faction leader at least one point of influence. (So chivalry is somewhat included in the game, after all. ) For that reason, I tend to be pretty careful not to ally with anyone I think I'll be at war with in the near future. Keeping and gaining influence is difficult enough as it is, so I usually don't backstab an ally unless I have extremely compelling reasons to do so. They either have to be pretty powerful and/or have pissed me off pretty badly before I'll do anything to them.....