Quote Originally Posted by Myrddraal
I also think that a knowledge of how strong an alliance is will help us to know if we really can expect any help or if they are just waiting to betray us. I think this will clarify a lot of the seemingly random behavior.
That depends. As Doug-Thompson's post that is now making my sig says, the problem of the diplomatic behavior of the AI was not just that it was acting randomly but that it was acting insanely. Degrees of strength of an alliance make only sense if the AI doesn't complete ignore it. In ROME the AI often could not resist blocking a port if it had a fleet at hand. The AI could often gain nothing of it and it broke alliances that were profitable just to seek a ceasefire in the next round. Knowledge about how strong the alliance is doesn't help if alliances are at risk due to obsessive-compulsive behavior.