Please Help me set up a game where as The Terrain Alliance, I can't "turtle" forever

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Is there a simple (or even not so simple) way that I can disable the Terrain Alliance's super ability and/or lesson their diplomatic modifiers?

I like playing as them, but I'm finding it too easy (and advantagious) to avoid war. In my last game, I won a diplomatic victory without a single battle. I'm beginning a new game and I want to be "good" ethically; don't want to start aggressive wars, but rather I'd like to be attacked or war to protect my allies.

If I can't disable the Terrain Alliance's super ability or lower their diplomatic bonuses, is there anything else I can do while setting up a game to make other races declare war on me? I already set the "evil" races aggression to high (between 75 and 100).

Thanks in advance  

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I like playing as them, but I'm finding it too easy (and advantagious) to avoid war.
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You could always use a custom with their tech tree...

You could also try turning up the difficulty level.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting Sole, reply 1

I like playing as them, but I'm finding it too easy (and advantagious) to avoid war.


You could always use a custom with their tech tree...

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Thanks; so far, this suggestion is working well.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

You can always stage aggressive wars while being ethically good, just bomb the crud out of them and send care packages to the survivors.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

way that I can disable the Terrain Alliance's super ability
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Turn off super abilities? I know, you don't want the AI races to not have them.

I think the higher difficultly level might do the trick, especially if all or most of the other races are evil. I think you definitely get earlier wars with higher levels. I have a game now that it took just 9 months for the Drengin to start a war with me. It is harder to keep up militarily at the beginning on hard game so you are seen as weak and that usually brings an attack.

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Go into the raceconfig.xml and delete the <SuperAbility> field. This will eliminate the super ability permanently.