I find the 1.1 AI to be overly and pointlessly aggressive. As opposed to most people I'm perfectly fine with Total Peace, Total Trade or Total Bribery. It's all good in my book. And I never encounter peace with anyone, under 1.1 all factions attack, regardless of their own territorial needs or strengths. one thing that always surprises me about the Total War series is how diverse peoples experiences of the same game can be. Cheers!