Re: Diplomacy Screen
 

But what I mean by "adding it to the list" is to add it to the list of things that people already do in the game. Most of the diplomacy/ally screen things are already being done by creative play which I like much more than adding a menu to the game for it.

In your Arco-Ulm arrangment.. an Arco scout follows behind the Ulm army. When Ulm takes a province and moves on then the Arco scout takes the province, Arco cases akashics as the scout moves on. Another scout or a researve army is following behind that to retake the searched province.

Its actually much easier to do when a nation has sneaking mages.

Re: Diplomacy Screen
 

There are alot of ways to accomplish it but yes it usually involves some sort of charming spell. In one game I was in I maintained an empty province near the capital that I could send a mage to so that the other guy could windride him out. In another I had my mages do transport spells dropping them into the trap-provinces. In yet another game we maintained border provinces that could be used to trade units.

One we meant to try but never got it setup before the game ended was when I had taken a really negative magic scale. I was supposed to send a sneak unit into his territory and "take" a province near his castle. He was going to make mages and walk them into it so I could do a binding spell. The big advantage was that I would have a lab full of mages that would be operating inside his majorly plus-magic scale.

Again I say that I think supporting creative play is more fun than offering menus of set choices like "ally shares everything" button.

Re: Diplomacy Screen
 

I have. Ive offered a "sanctuary" province behind my lines so that an ally had a protected place to send his god and recover. He sent a sneaking unit to take it, built his castle, and a lab. Transported important units there. Later in the game I gave him a more front-line target which he took in order to begin expanding again.

One of the few things I WOULD like to see is the ability to delete defence on a province. I can destroy buildings but not defense. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif