Diplomacy and Reputations a bit of a rant

[Slaists]

Could it be that the king's authority is important too? At some point in my English campaign my King's authority was maxed out along with dread and I had a very good diplomat. It seemed like almost anything I offered to anybody was considered to be "generous". It was on medium difficulty, btw.

playing english camp on M/M. i have never broken an alliance, although ive had bout 6 broken on me, and yet my reputation is untrustworthy or something like that. its wrong. I had a alliance with the danes from about turn 10, about 100 turns in they attack me, the stupid thing is, they say "they attack when they see a soft target", they attack a city bordering theres that had a full stack of my best units (dismounted knights, armoured swordsmen, retinue longbows).

also, despite being utterly smashed the french would not consider a cease fire at all. i had them down to 1 province with 2 xbow men, a catapault, and a few random family members walking around, and htey still would not accept ceasefire.

so yes i think the reputation thing needs fixing, cos i have done nothing bad to other friendly factions yet im "untrustworthy" what???

Cheers Knoddy

[Quillan]

I can understand the degrading of relationships, but the reputation part I don't understand. I'm 180 turns into my Byzantium campaign. In all that time, I've allied with Hungary, HRE, and England (via marriage). I've signed trade rights with every single civilization in the game (including the Mongols). I have not broken an agreement. I haven't declared war on ANYONE, although many have declared war on me. My reputation is "Untrustworthy".

I am exceedingly trustworthy. If I sign an alliance with you, you can guarantee I won't attack you. If I agree to pay you tribute, I won't end it early. You can trust me on that. If you attack me, I will attempt to destroy you. You can trust me on that. If you want to pass through my lands on crusade, I will not scatter small armies around to block you, nor will I assassinate your generals/priests. You can trust me on that. If you run 5 catholic priests into my lands on their own, they will meet with mysterious accidents. You can trust me on that. If I try to end a war with you, and you refuse me, then you ask to end the war when I'm about to take your last city or some major stronghold, I will not agree. You can trust me on that. I am the most faithful of friends, and the most faithful of enemies, also. You can trust me on that.