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I have a question regarding alliances and evil civs.
I'm currently playing as the Drengin on a large galaxy, vs the Korx, Yor, Arceans, Torians and Iconians. I got a very nice starting position and since fairly early on it's been a bit of a foregone conclusion that I'm going to win. My plan was to eliminate the Torians (the other major power) then try and form an alliance with the other evil civs (Yor and Korx) and eliminate / ally with the others as necessary. The Arceans declared war on me so they had to go, then surrendered to the Iconians who were right the other end of the map and completely unable to defend their new worlds, so bam I was at war with them as well. I'm now at the stage where the Torians are pretty much beaten and the Iconians are no threat - I can mop them up at leisure. The only problem is that it seems to be impossible to get to 'close' relations with the Yor and Korx
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I've been trading with them since the beginning of the game and the two of them have all my trade routes. They've both been at 'friendly' for ages but no matter what I give them - I've tried all my techs and all but one of my planets - they won't go to close relations, so no alliance. Am I missing something, or is it basically impossible for evil civs to form alliances? It seems a bit silly if so cos it means I'm just going to end up having to stomp on them too, which isn't really in anyone's interests.
I'm currently playing as the Drengin on a large galaxy, vs the Korx, Yor, Arceans, Torians and Iconians. I got a very nice starting position and since fairly early on it's been a bit of a foregone conclusion that I'm going to win. My plan was to eliminate the Torians (the other major power) then try and form an alliance with the other evil civs (Yor and Korx) and eliminate / ally with the others as necessary. The Arceans declared war on me so they had to go, then surrendered to the Iconians who were right the other end of the map and completely unable to defend their new worlds, so bam I was at war with them as well. I'm now at the stage where the Torians are pretty much beaten and the Iconians are no threat - I can mop them up at leisure. The only problem is that it seems to be impossible to get to 'close' relations with the Yor and Korx
.I've been trading with them since the beginning of the game and the two of them have all my trade routes. They've both been at 'friendly' for ages but no matter what I give them - I've tried all my techs and all but one of my planets - they won't go to close relations, so no alliance. Am I missing something, or is it basically impossible for evil civs to form alliances? It seems a bit silly if so cos it means I'm just going to end up having to stomp on them too, which isn't really in anyone's interests.