[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#5103) ai diplomacy

["Gregory Berkolaiko" <Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Per I. Mathisen wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > CVS 15 AUG 2003 GTK 1 conndlg9
> >
> > I declare war to a neutral AI player.
> >
> > 1) I am not warned that this breaks alliance with other player
> >
> > 2) Now 2 other player (1 peace, 1 alliance) declare war to me, but this
> >  brings *my* reputation down.
> 
> This is intentional. When you declare on a player, _you_ also declare war
> on all its allies. Its allies will not suffer any diplomatic penalties,
> since they are merely honouring their alliance obligations.
> 
> However, the reputation penalty for such declarations of war on an entire
> alliance might be a bit hard. I think perhaps nobody should suffer
> reputation penalty when allies join the war.

That's right.  The other alliance members because they are forced by the 
terms of the alliance (they are actually doing an honourable thing, should 
they get a rep. bonus?), but it cannot be your fault that they are 
declaring war on you!

G.