Im seriously baffled by the sorry state that the very hard difficulty of the game is...
Its like ME vs the world!!! No alliances, no diplomacy...
And where is the option to get the eff off my land? Cause the I have the Hungarians standing with a stack outside Sofia in my Byzantine campaign and I cant get them out without breaking a war...
Which by the way breaks out after 7 turns in any attempt to start a campaign,
the sickening feeling that Im playing a Age of Total War bastardization where the Venetians hold Crete at 1080 (oh in which case there are NO dates just some "RTS" like "turns") just gets stronger and stronger...
And the whole reputation thing? Whats about that? It makes NO difference to the "AI" the Venetians backstabbed me and the Hungarians happily allied with them despite the "Very Unstrustworthy" parameter...
The game is challenging on the economical and campaign level, still the battle AI is dumb as rock Ive defeated a Venetian army double my size half of which were feudal and mailed knights with me measily militias...
I just hope that EB2 or another decent mod comes out to make a Total War game out of a AoE clown...

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I guess that's it then hellenes...game over.

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Ive noticed that in my Spanish campaign. I had kicked the Moores out of Spain and allied to them. Ten turns went by, and suddenly Portugal suddenly attacks me from both sides, followed by France (despite France being at war with the HRE and England, they somehow produced a full stack to send after me.). The Moores then start blockading my ports and I see three half-stacks heading my way.
However, Lisbon is mine now, so Portugal may consider a treaty.

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You also got simultaneously attacked by the Portugese and France on the same turn? Happened to me, and then his Holiness became annoyed because I took out a French fleet. They attacked first!

I'd also love to see a "Get off my land" diplomatic option.

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What bugs me is that in every game I play, Spain and the Moores ally in the first five turns nearly ninety percent of the time.
I mean, what do they do? Sit around campfires talking about how they would make each others children eat their own intestines?

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Well guys, it aint Medieval 2: Total Peace, is it?

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Jesus Cristo! Not that argument again. "It's total war so the AI should and must be stupid!"

SHUTUP!

hehe.

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