Does anyone else give the AI money?

**Centurion Crastinus** · 11-19-2007, 07:59

Doesn't EB automatically give the AI tons of money to make up for their stupidity?

**Conradus** · 11-19-2007, 08:15

In my Romani campaign (yes I know, dreadfull isn't it), I've given a 100k to Pontos and Makedonia. At first Pontos didn't seem to do anything with it, but now they've gone rampage in Asia Minor, should be interestsing to fight them. And despite the 100k I gave the macedons, the KH destroyed them and then declared war on me, needless to say, that Hellas is now mine and the KH is exiled to Rhodos and the Black Sea.

**Callicles** · 11-19-2007, 08:27

Sometimes it backfires. There was a 10 year period where Baktria, Parthia, and the Saka were all at war with each other. I wanted the Parthians to win, so I gave them 200,000 every turn for 10 years. Still the Baktrians won. I think all that money hurt their decision making processes.

**Mouzafphaerre** · 11-19-2007, 12:05

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I gave some 5,000 in advance and another 5K in turnly tributes to the Aedui to make them do what they should have done themselves and luckily have been doing for decades: Fight the Arverni.

I force diplomacied a similar sum to SSbQ to start the Punic war a decade too late.
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**CirdanDharix** · 11-19-2007, 18:00

I tried to give the AI money. It refused

**Maeran** · 11-19-2007, 18:06

I know it, everyone knows it; AI diplomacy is suicidally bad.

"Here's some money to help raise troops against our mutual enemy, the one besieging one of your towns right now. Take it as a gift of the friendship between our nations)"

"We have nothing to give you in return, so we must refuse."

"But, I said it was a gift."

"It is pointless talking to you now."

I use money to try to maintain the flagging sides of conflicts on my borders. Better two moderately weak nations fighting one another than one great power fighting me.

**beatoangelico** · 11-19-2007, 18:26

Originally Posted by Maeran

I know it, everyone knows it; AI diplomacy is suicidally bad.

"Here's some money to help raise troops against our mutual enemy, the one besieging one of your towns right now. Take it as a gift of the friendship between our nations)"

"We have nothing to give you in return, so we must refuse."

"But, I said it was a gift."

"It is pointless talking to you now."

I use money to try to maintain the flagging sides of conflicts on my borders. Better two moderately weak nations fighting one another than one great power fighting me.

AI doesn't like large sums of money as "occasional tribute" as far I could see, but is more likely to accept regular tributes