Diplomacy in IG2

[DjesusHChrist]

Hello guys!

Are there any diplomacy rules/guidelines/knowledge bases?
I'm currently doing a Solarian Federation playthrough and very quickly almost all nations start to hate me and declare war, despite me bribing them with tens of thousands of credits.

Is it because of the "Hard" difficulty level? Or is it a bit like civ, where taking many cities from a nation makes others hate you? (I killed toulen and antarian already, both declared war on me and I annexed them fully).

Best,
IG2 fan

[Pleb]

Your fleet strength = Your diplomacy power

[Professional Gamer]

Even still, I find them ridiculously uncooperative.
"Hey the Kra'hen just declared war on you, you want to team up?"
"Nah man, our senate vetoed it, we're cool"
"How about $50,000, all of my technology and a few of my planets, can we be allies now?"
"I'm sorry, but we doubt your sincerity"

[Sticky Wicket]

I usually manage to ally with everyone except the Antarians who remain stubborn and regret it later on. You have to be patient, they will come round eventually.

[Pleb]

Dude play on hard , then you will see if diplomacy will work or not
in hard mode everything about your fleet strength , when you get the strong fleet everyone will agreements with you , as soon as you lose strength , everyone will attack you

[Professional Gamer]

lol this fleet strength thing is legit. I was surprised I was able to just demand technology from them in exchange for nothing. And their messages become more grovelling.

I wish the diplomacy AI was more complex than just measuring fleet strength... It would open up other play styles. Like dedicating yourself to economically booming and focusing research which you feed to your allies in exchange for their protection.

Using "Try to improve relationship" doesn't seem to do anything either (as far as I can tell).

[Professional Gamer]

lol

[glskitszo1]

soon as you discover them send them a message and it seems to help them be peaceful longer. but fleet strength yes.

[Kinoringan]

Question, how do I check my fleet strength?

[priamossz]

currently cant access the game because the AMD card problem this game have, but if I remember correctly its the F9 button. There you able to compare yourself with the other discovered empires in a variety of categories, including fleet power.

[Kinoringan]

Originally posted by priamossz:

currently cant access the game because the AMD card problem this game have, but if I remember correctly its the F9 button. There you able to compare yourself with the other discovered empires in a variety of categories, including fleet power.

Yeah saw that many thanks, thing is the krahen and the solarian has about the same colour and I couldn't tell which one is which. But we are almost at the same fleet strength and I'm very tempted to do a preemptive attack and grabbed some of krahen planets before they can retaliate.

[priamossz]

The solarian colour is pure white while the krahen has some blue in it. Be careful attacking the Krahen, if you actually fight them and they have destructor ray, they will end you. sadly the endgame usually comes down if you have one of the two op weapons, destructor ray vs ship manipulator.

[Kinoringan]

Originally posted by priamossz:

The solarian colour is pure white while the krahen has some blue in it. Be careful attacking the Krahen, if you actually fight them and they have destructor ray, they will end you. sadly the endgame usually comes down if you have one of the two op weapons, destructor ray vs ship manipulator.

I made a save and took the first 4 krahen planets I saw. But it didn't reveal any krahen planets nearby and I was forced to slowly comb the space to find the rest of krahen planets.
Meanwhile the krahen retaliated and took my planets like they knew exactly where my planets are located. How did they know?
Am I really forced to slowly comb the space to find other krahen planets?

[priamossz]

to a degree yes, you could trade with other empires for that info though and get the best radar range tech to reduce this problem. Oh and pay atention of the small enemy movements, often they give away the location of a planet based on where they were moving from. Also you should try to scout them out before going to war. also, it may not be a bad idea to cut your fleet in two, have one that takes over Krahen planets, while having one that recaptures planets that you lost.