I am in the middle of great game in .983. Playing as Tarth againts the 4 Empires--medium map. Expansion usually leads to interaction pretety quickly. Total Blast. However, we have a couple Dragons--that limited expansion a a lot. One in particular which is an Ashwake Dragon that is roaming all over the place now.
I had about 5 cities, all level three or about to become level three. Then.....
I am locked in a pretty serious war with Magnar. He declared war and conquered my most northern city in the same turn. I got the city back and took over a bunch of his. I am buying peace with Karavox for now. I don't think I could handle a two front war right now. Although Verga just declared war on my northern front (uh-oh). I haven't even found Ceresa yet. I am definitely going to have to keep Karavox as an ally--especially with how strong the Kraxis are. I researched the Allies ability but when I talk with Karavox forming an Alliance or Declaring War on another faction is not an option. I have an economic and trade agreement with them. How do you get the Alliance option to come up? I think we have a non agression pact right now as well. Is that the reason? Right now the Kraxis is the second most powerful behind me. Magnar was until they declared war on me. After taking over about 5 cities his power rating dropped significantly. Yithril is pretty far behind but Verga is a monster. Magnar's empire is now blocked behind Kraxis. I want to finish him off, but sometimes Karavox won't let me go through his lands. If we had an Alliance, or could get him to declare war on Magnar, then I could deal with Yithril and that damn dragon wondering around. Magnar is still to powerful and he laughs at my demands for surrender. If I could take over two more cities I think he would drop in power enough to surrender. Or a least be cornered enough that I could refocus my war efforts back on Verga before he gets out of hand.
1. How do I even get the option to form an Alliance with Karavox?
2. Or the declare war option?
