Foreign armys camping on my territory

**CaptainSolo** · 11-25-2006, 12:50

There's no diplomatic option to tell them to leave as in the Civ games.Once i see that happening i usually take it as a sign that that faction has little regard for me and war maybe looming.
I usually send a diplomat to them.In my current game as the English the French,who were my allies,were doing that a lot around Caen.When my diplomat approached them their priority was 'war'.Sure enough a few turns later....

**econ21** · 11-25-2006, 13:36

Does anyone know if camping neutral armies cause visible "devastation" to your lands over time like hostile ones do?

Also, anyone noticed if the devastation is just a graphical thing or do you lose income like in RTW? I have not spotted a "devastation" item on the settlement details, but it would be strange to take out that feature when you are adding in a graphical depiction. Maybe it's hidden?

Does the devastated region "grow back"? It's turn 90 in my game and it hasn't yet.

**Quillan** · 11-25-2006, 13:45

Neutral armies don't cause devastation, and devastation does recover. It's just very slow about it, and the bigger the area the longer it takes. Look at the city details. Under income, it'll show "Devastation" in the loss column, and if you hover your mouse pointer over the icons, a tooltip will tell you how much income you lost this turn due to devastation. It drops slowly.

**Kobal2fr** · 11-25-2006, 15:14

Usually, sending a few of your own troops right next to them without actually attacking sends the message. They'll either go home, or attack outright.

**TheFluff** · 11-25-2006, 18:22

I find that when they start to do this, it means they are probeing you and will attack if they think they can win. If they are like walking right up to cities then thats defently a sign they are probeing. Either send an army next to them like Kobal said or hope for the best :P

**Von Nanega** · 11-25-2006, 18:53

Yah, gotta cruise mup next to them. If they begin to approach the cities, Kell 'Em All!!!

**Shadow_Wolf33** · 11-25-2006, 20:13

move_character for the win

**Musashi** · 11-25-2006, 23:32

Originally Posted by Von Nanega

Yah, gotta cruise mup next to them. If they begin to approach the cities, Kell 'Em All!!!

Why would I want to do that? Better to let them lay siege to the city and then hit them with an army from another city, pinning them between two forces.