Quote Originally Posted by Scurvy
Often when attempting to gain a ceasfire the opposing ruler asks me to remove troops from border or be aggresive against other rival factions, or somesuch. if this is complied with is the chance of a ceasefire being accepted increased?

I dont' know. during my VI campaigns I used to ask for an alliance evetry single year to the viks, and the answers given were varying a lot, while the overall situation not much. I'm wouldn't bet on this. I think, a bit as YLAC (tell me if that's OK for you to have your pseudo abreviated, YourLandAndConqueror!) said that there is several factors which have an influence, and that the message given just reminds you "randomly" one of the factors to look after...