Dynamic Alliances?

[Guvenoren]

What is this? I use it when playing but I don't understand where I can offer alliances? I don't get alliance requests either. I am confused.

[Quitch]

Drop the player list in the top left.

[Guvenoren]

But I can't see any alliance requests? How do I send alliance requests?

[Lula Mae]

Originally posted by Guvenoren:

But I can't see any alliance requests? How do I send alliance requests?

Click the alliances tab after you drop the list. It's been a while since I played with dynamic alliances, but iirc there are columns that show requests received, accepted, sent and an icon to break an alliance.

[Guvenoren]

Nope nothing. It has no buttons or anything.

[Arkay]

I'm surprised the other two didn't think to ask -
Are you playing with other people or with AI?
AI factions cannot offer/receive/accept alliances. It's a feature that is only functional when playing online.

[Guvenoren]

Oh.. Yeah I am a single player guy. Why's that? Sounds like a wasted potential :|

[Arkay]

I assume it's just because the AI couldn't make the same complex alliance decisions that humans can.
Players will tend to ally with players that they know are strongest, have the quickest access to resources, or are in a position where fighting amongst themselves would make victory impossible while other factions just wait for them to destroy each other.
The AI doesn't really understand any of this and would not be able to make similarly intelligent/cunning decisions.

[Guvenoren]

Originally posted by Countess & Whiskers:

I assume it's just because the AI couldn't make the same complex alliance decisions that humans can.
Players will tend to ally with players that they know are strongest, have the quickest access to resources, or are in a position where fighting amongst themselves would make victory impossible while other factions just wait for them to destroy each other.
The AI doesn't really understand any of this and would not be able to make similarly intelligent/cunning decisions.

True, but I compare to Age of Empires or Rise of Nations where such things were possible, and they're older games. However the AI wasn't that smart for sure, but that doesn't really matter. It was great fun.

[Lula Mae]

Originally posted by Guvenoren:

What is this? I use it when playing but I don't understand where I can offer alliances? I don't get alliance requests either. I am confused.

The closest you can get is set up permanent alliances by changing from Free For All mode to Team Armies and adding AI's to your team

[Guvenoren]

Yeah, started doing that, but adding dynamic alliances spices it up a lot more, so you can totally shift the tide by gaining an ally. Like in Rise of Nations.

[mikeyh]

Dynamic alliances for AIs are on my list for when I look at the vision issue.

Most of us don't play with dynamic alliances as enemies can see each other if they have a friend in common.

eg you might request an alliance with a player because they have an alliance with another player you want to attack.

Once I fix that I think we'll see more dynamic alliances again.