Something missing?

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Is it me, or should there be some stat for how honoUrable you are? I mean, right now, is there anything stopping you from demanding tribute for not beating someone up, and then immediately beating them up? My personal favorite would be to demand ships, and then attack them with them...

Same thing for when someone pays you to end a war. Right now, I'll always accept the gifts to end the war. Then I'll end it, just long enough to finish mobilizing my troops to maximize devastation for the next attack.

Then as your honourability lowers, your promises or tribute should have less effect on the AI because they stop trusting you.

Just an idea.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Well, there is something like that in the game already, IIRC. They just don't show you its number.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Doesn't seem to work very well. I rarely not accept tribute or payment to end a war. I just use it as an opportunity to prepare for a more orchestrated assault a few turns later.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I get the impression that if an AI pays you tribute for peace, it will be less willing to pay it to you again in future wars. It's a fairly minor penalty.

~SDC~
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I have seen the message worded something like,

What do you think I am a stupid 32 bit program ?
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
I get the impression that if an AI pays you tribute for peace, it will be less willing to pay it to you again in future wars. It's a fairly minor penalty.
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Especially if you kill them on the 2nd more orchestrated attack.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
But the other AI "remember" you did that to one of their own. So eventually, depending on their intelligence, they "wise up", IIRC. Pure game, only.
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Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I've never noticed the AI wising up... but they don't usually survive enough wars with me to get the chance.

~SDC~
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
They do remember, its not often you can do the same tribute-then-war strategy twice. They will let you know that they wont fall for the same trick again.
But it just applies to that game, when you start a new game you can do it again.
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