Diplomacy Too Easy?

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     I'm relatively new to SoaSE as I just bought the game a few days before Christmas, but I have become hopelessly addicted to it. I've never played a more engrossing game, but there is one thing in particular that is bothering me...

I just played my first game against hard AI on a random, large, normal speeds, single star map with 8 opponents, and I won quite easily. Far too easily, in fact, because without even really trying, I managed to get cease fires, trade agreements, and then peace treaties with every single AI opponent. I wasn't even paying attention to what missions I was being offered, but as I proceeded to pummel my nearest vasari neighbor into submission, I found I was fulfilling their requirements. I did research some diplomacy techs, and I did send out a total of 5 envoys throughout the course of the game, but I wasn't even playing a diplomatic strategy.  Is it just me, or is it too easy to get cease fires with AI opponents? I'm thinking next time I should lock teams to fix this issue, but there's so much less political intrigue with locked teams.

 

Or maybe I should actually suck it up and play against humans online........

 

 

Naaah.

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Did you restrict the allied victors? For example only allowing two players to win a given game will make large alliances impractical because you'll have to kill each other eventually.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Far too easily, in fact, because without even really trying, I managed to get cease fires, trade agreements, and then peace treaties with every single AI opponent.
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Basically, if you're aggressively attacking your nearest neighbours you get a relationship bonus with everyone else (enemy of my enemy sort of thing) which gets you into ceasefire territory with every other faction and lets you win easily.  On all but the highest difficulties this can be ridiculously easy to pull off and you may want to consider locked teams or keeping it under 6 players total.

Did you restrict the allied victors?
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Won't help; he'll hit diplomatic victory before this becomes an issue.

 

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Darvin3, reply 2


Won't help; he'll hit diplomatic victory before this becomes an issue.

 
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Oh I wouldn't know, I always play with it off. If that is the case then that is the minimum you should do.