[Discuss] Brainstorming: Limiting Large Alliances (Take 42)

[Tom Vogt]

Timothy Collett schrieb:
> We need to make diplomatic relations more than just single numbers in  
> the database.
>
> Peace treaties, alliances, and federations all need to be game- 
> recognized agreements, with definable conditions and limits.  Wars  
>   

Very tricky, probably not code-able.

However, I like one idea:


How about we simply time-limit all positive diplomatic stances? A 
cease-fire has a length of time. A peace treaty has a run-time.

Of course, you can extend the times. But it can be more and more 
expensive, and it gives you plausible deniability if you want to go to 
war ("sorry, I forgot about the cease-fire, I didn't mean it to run out, 
those troops were sent to aid you, it was all a big misunderstanding...").

More importantly, it might edge people towards actively re-thinking 
their alliances instead of simply accepting them as they are. Especially 
new rulers might ask a tricky "why?" when the time to 
re-negotiate/extend comes up.


Comments?