Diplomacy!!

[caio giulio]

From what I've seen and heard they are going to fix a lot of the AI bugs - such as rejecting cease fires or alliances for no obvious reason, or going from ally to enemy and then offering alliance again in three turns.

What I would love to see is a diplomacy AI as good as Civ 3 or 4, where you can use trade routes, gold, maps, units, territories etc. in negotiations.

Or like Victoria or Europa Universalis II....

[Divinus Arma]

Here is a basic improvement: Tell me where I stand. Nations and kingdom all had some superficial concept of where they stood with each beyond just war or peace.

Just a gauge, or a number, or something to let me know the level of my relationship with other factions.

And yes, all those other features would be great.

[Andy Shadows]

They should make some kind of penalties from breaking alliances, something to lose when you break the pact. In romeTW you can make a pact and then break it with only losing the trade rights and some advanteges. Something like hostages that were given in old days.