Why doesnt dipomacy work?

[supadodo]

Well this game was called Medieval 2: Total War and not Total Diplomacy for a reason. tbh alliances are pretty much useless in this game. They won't bother moving in an army to aid you, they won't give you any money as a gift(mostly becoz they're all bankrupt), they backstab you without warning and they ruin your rep just becoz you sally out to attack them. I say screw alliances. Kill all who oppose!! It is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven: quoted from some guy whose name I can't remember.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

To be able to go into battles with an ally or against two enemies adds a whole new dimension to the game. The battles can really be epic.

Total war is only a name and if it was meant to be like that then they wouldn't have bothered spending the time and resources to include diplomats and princessess regardless of the fact that they are near useless.

[Daveybaby]

So you want to be able to betray allies whenever you feel like it, but you complain that the game is broken when your allies betray you? How very odd.

[Von Nanega]

Currently playing as Sicily. Warfare vs HRE & Milan in N Italy ended with me owning N Italy. Spent some time with housekeeping up there. After a little while of no fighting, both gladly went to ceasefire and traderights. It just takes time.

[Aaron A Aardvark]

Some players have foud that the AI is a bit less psycho on lower difficulty levels. If you want to play Total Diplomacy (and there's no reason why you shoudn't) perhaps M/VH might work better.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Some players have foud that the AI is a bit less psycho on lower difficulty levels. If you want to play Total Diplomacy (and there's no reason why you shoudn't) perhaps M/VH might work better.

You can do that or edit descr_faction_standing.txt and change the normalise settings on Trigger 0095_Update_Very_Hard_Difficulty to a value that is the same as hard or medium. This way you retain all the VH settings except for the "Dogs of War" diplomacy.

[GrandInquisitor]

Some players have foud that the AI is a bit less psycho on lower difficulty levels. If you want to play Total Diplomacy (and there's no reason why you shoudn't) perhaps M/VH might work better.

I've played on medium difficulty, and reputation/diplomacy are just as worthless.

[Nellup]

It is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven: quoted from some guy whose name I can't remember.

Sorry to go a bit off-topic but that was part of Lucifers speech in Paradise Lost by John Milton.