Why does the AI get to put troops on my border?

[lufia22]

Yet when I do it they get pissed off. I have no option to tell them to stop.

[Mavkiel]

AI is stupid. Really, if you have waged any war against the AI you can see the cluster **** when it tries to move its armies.

So, the AI can complain about our armies, and reasonably expect us to move them. That however is beyond the AI's abilities.

[Chop Suey]

Blame the devs. There was a mod for Civ V that allowed you to request that the AI move units from your borders (They would either promise not to declare war against you or immediatly declare war)

[Bouncer]

Ugh, agreed. Even worse, the interaction is bugged to hell and back as well.

I've had a befriended Ghandi make a town near my borders, then he complained about my city defenses being 'too close'.

I made them all retreat (while his stronger, far more numerous elephants started massing on his side of the borders), and then I got a notification for 'breaking a promise'. This happened multiple times until he eventually denounced me because 'breaking promises is the worst kind of violence'

This is less the AI being weird, and more just ♥♥♥♥♥♥ design. In V your units would need to be numberous and 1-2 tiles from the border (and at 2 tiles, you'd only get the notification if they saw you). You'd only get 'false' notifications if all 5 of your auto exploring caravels decided to visit the same city.

Here they panic over 1 auto exploring caravel or 3-4 tiles away city defenses, then the game seems to fail to register that you actually move them away.

[Tac2i]

Even though the Aztecs were my 'declared' friend they massed troops on my border. I had a good idea something bad was gonna happen so I prepared. Yup, they declared a 'surprise' war on me and got their rear end whupped. Never trust the Aztecs.

[Bouncer]

Originally posted by Tac2i:

Even though the Aztecs were my 'declared' friend they massed troops on my border. I had a good idea something bad was gonna happen so I prepared. Yup, they declared a 'surprise' war on me and got their rear end whupped. Never trust the Aztecs.

Civ 101: Never trust Monty.

[mvon007]

They are also mental at the other end. Teddy started a surprise war, lost, made peace, and THEN complained that my troops were too close. They hadn't even had a turn to run away ><.

[bushviper]

america massed his troops to my border n we were befriended so i thought incase something was going on, i matched his troops on my side, n 2 turns later he pulled some away only left the battering ram n 2 others. Also iv notcied the ai dont upgrade unites im playing on 1 lower then prince and they dont seem to have pikemen yet they spam spearman lol

[lufia22]

http://i.imgur.com/1gUzuuN.png

Look at this ♥♥♥♥. Xian is MY CAPITAL. Russia comes up and settles on that north-west coast. I have troops sitting on my great wall. He starts ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about how close they are to his city (like no ♥♥♥♥ you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, you settled right next to my captial).

Then he crams a bunch of troops in my backdoor and has had them sitting there for a long time.

Like, WTF is this nonsense.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Setting up a pretext to invade you.

[lufia22]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

Setting up a pretext to invade you.

And yet I can do nothing about it, while they get to complain and denounce me and cause me to break promises because I have my troops right next to my damn capital. I can't tell him to move. If I could, I might get a casus belli if he decided not to. But nope.

Besides, he's sure taking his sweet time because those have been there forever. Just look at the tech on those bad boys! XD

[Dairuka]

There is no diplomacy in Civilization 6. Every game is essentially Always-War.

[wayninja]

Originally posted by lufia22:

Yet when I do it they get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ off. I have no option to tell them to stop.

So, you get pissed off when he does it, he gets pissed off when you do it.

Sorry, where is the incongruity?

[Bouncer]

Originally posted by lufia22:

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

Setting up a pretext to invade you.

And yet I can do nothing about it, while they get to complain and denounce me and cause me to break promises because I have my troops right next to my damn capital. I can't tell him to move. If I could, I might get a casus belli if he decided not to. But nope.

Besides, he's sure taking his sweet time because those have been there forever. Just look at the tech on those bad boys! XD

Well that is kinda the idea I think. He wants a war with you (probably), so he's getting some excuses ready and increasing the tension.
Whether through accident or clever programming, the AI can be really good at provoking 'till they get a justified war which goes in their favour (or so they think)