Quote Originally Posted by Sheogorath
Diplomacy works just fine for me, up until World War One starts early, then the AI apparently goes into Banzaii Mode.
I've traded, gifted, and demanded settlements quite a lot. Why, just the other day I gave Jerusalem to Russia in exchange for Riga, and was only too happy to take the Holy City back four turns later when it revolted, so I could take Stettin off the Pole's hands. Meanwhile I was making a bucketload of cash sacking the city :)
Summation being,
Diplomacy works fine for me. Maybe you arent trying hard enough.

What difficulty? On vh I've never had that experience, and I've been "trying hard enough"