Investigation of Betrayal

**Drusus Magnus** · 05-09-2006, 18:02

Yes, why DO they betray you? CA?...

**Garvanko** · 05-09-2006, 19:16

Yeah, I'd like to know that one too.

**Viking** · 05-09-2006, 21:10

Ludus Magna?

**Severous** · 05-09-2006, 21:45

Greed. Because they think they can beat you in battle and gain your lands.?

Unless unseen diplomacy has other factions paying one faction to attack another ?

**Avicenna** · 05-09-2006, 21:46

Wanting your weakly defended land..

Kind of hoping for a BI investigation of betrayal. Why do they sometimes not happen at all, and when they do happen happen in multiple places at once?

**Mithras** · 05-09-2006, 23:48

It tends to be opertunistic in nature They'll attack you when they perceive weakness such as a soft border or you're already engaged in a major war. The AI doesnt seem to be able to ascess from a bigger picture such as in BI when my ascendant western Roman empire was attacked by Berber allies. Considering the potency of my faction at the time this was suicide but the AI didnt pick up on it, Becouse I'd cut back on troops in carthage to save cash.

Overall remember that the AI will be looking for chances to grab land but won't realise if its making a long term error for short term gains.

**Ciaran** · 05-10-2006, 09:08

Overall remember that the AI will be looking for chances to grab land but won't realise if its making a long term error for short term gains.

Yes, well, now that´s not exactly a mistake only the AI makes, is it

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I know in MTW the AI tended to backstab you if the neighboring province was weakly defended, maybe that´s the case in RTW, too. Though I don´t know what is counted as a province defense, only the garrisons stationed in a city or all troops withing the borders of the province. In MTW it were all the troops within the province, but I´m not sure aout Rome.

**Grumfoss** · 05-10-2006, 13:49

I had a large almost full stack ERE army sitting in Salona ( BI of course) When a stack of WRE troops walked passed weaker targets and attacked. I have no idea why. Could it be hard coded if you are the ERE and you take Salona then the WRE will attack you? I don't know. I have heard this happening to other players as well.