Questions about diplomacy, both forced and consentual

[DaciaJC]

The only problem with making so many alliances is the likelihood of one of your allies being the enemy of a faction which should be your ally, especially when said faction is halfway across the map :/

I play VH campaign. Few, if any, factions in close proximity to my starting homelands are willing to make alliances. Thus, it is often those factions halfway across the map that I am allied with. I don't notice any visible effects of these alliances, but that can't be helped.

As to your last question from your first post: offer a decent sum of money when using FD if you're demanding something.

[K-Dogs]

I play VH campaign. Few, if any, factions in close proximity to my starting homelands are willing to make alliances. Thus, it is often those factions halfway across the map that I am allied with.

I play VH campaign too, so I know what you're saying, but in the beginning at least it's not too hard to make choice alliances.
As the Getai, who I know you're accustomed to, for me it's usually Epeiros or Koinon Hellenon that I want to ally with to help fend off the Makedonians, and thats why I try not to ally with Pontos (who usually end up attacking a hellenic polis near the start, forcing a war with the KH) in case it ruins the new alliance.

Do you honestly feel guilty or are you just stating that?

Well, guilty like 'I really shouldn't eat all of the free tasters at the supermarket, but I will anyway' kind of guilty. Like spilling beer on your friend's new carpet but not telling her guilty. Like drunkenly splashing your girlfriend's toilet seat, but hoping it'll evaporate before anyone else uses it guilty.

You know, guilty guilty but not guilty guilty.