Well EXCUSE me for living!

[Baron Munchausen]

Or... use Intelligence Ops to stir up trouble between them so even if they are attacking you, they are also attacking each other. The "communications mimic" operation is good for this, it sends fake declarations of war. If everyone is fighting everyone, you're at much less disadvantage than if everyone is attacking you exclusively.

[greghacke]

I used the Baron's trick to great success. I work intelligence and colonization as my first research. By the time I meet my "friends," I make treaties, then broker my Intel to push them into war against each other. i have an 8 empire game going with me being the only one not at war.

[General Hawkwing]

After watching the "feeling" status for a few games, I have noticed the following.
1) Usually only 1 empire will turn on you gradually. For me it was the 2nd ranked empire. Nothing, free resources, tech, releasing claims to systems (I did not try giving away planets ) will stop them from turning on you.
2) The remaining empires continued to stay friendly while the 1 grew less friendly. Once the first declared war, the rest followed suit within a turn (maybe 2). I also could not stop this from happening.

I have not encountered any empires after war was declared, so I do not know what their response will be.

Also note that some of the empires that went to war with me had no "official" contact with the other empires. Nor did they during the war(s).

[Elmo]

FWIW: I'm currently at war with one AI empire and have been for quite a few turns in a PBEM game. At the same time I have partnerships with two other AI empires and they continue to have Brotherly feelings toward me with no outward signs of wavering in their friendliness. Seems like there is a wide range of possible AI actions and reactions toward non-AI empires.

Elmo

[General Hawkwing]

Elmo,
Did you declare war or did the AI?
What is your score relative to the rest of the AI's? (ahead by 100% or more, ahead by 50%, about even, or below)

This would influence their response.

[Seawolf]

Now who was saying that beating the AI was easy? Also the AI does not cheat!! Nice work MM!

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Seawolf on the prowl

[Comar]

You have the choice to give the AI advantages or not, but from what I can tell it does not cheat. We are in a multi-player game where the AI is busy kicking the butt off two human players that are working together. Ugly, ugly, ugly.

This AI can give you a very good fight and, if you are not very careful, whip you.