Advisors won't shut up!
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:31 am
My advisers won't shut up about attacking everyone in sight, and it's getting annoying. I don't want to turn automation off -- amongst other things, they're really good at helping me notice when a friend has a trade sanction against them I might get lifted. And I think the military adviser, which I want on since I'm already at war, is probably responsible for half the spam.
The problem is they don't seem to comprehend the simple idea that only an idiot fights a war on two fronts, and only the heir to the kingdom of idiots fights a war on 8. With, of course, all my strongest opponents being the ones they want me to go to war with. SO I'd be facing about 4 times my empire's economy.
Now, the good news is that the one guy I'm at war with has had his economy collapse; apparently, having everyone in the galaxy declare war on him all at once wasn't something he was expecting. (I <3 diplomacy!)
Anyway, my annoyance stems from this: if I don't want to declare war, why would I want to break the trade agreement, and why do I get about 50 of these suggestions all at once? Why can't I tell them to JUST SHUT UP! Military advice on where to attack the guy I'm at war with, sure, random advice to attack everyone else... no thanks!
The problem is they don't seem to comprehend the simple idea that only an idiot fights a war on two fronts, and only the heir to the kingdom of idiots fights a war on 8. With, of course, all my strongest opponents being the ones they want me to go to war with. SO I'd be facing about 4 times my empire's economy.
Now, the good news is that the one guy I'm at war with has had his economy collapse; apparently, having everyone in the galaxy declare war on him all at once wasn't something he was expecting. (I <3 diplomacy!)
Anyway, my annoyance stems from this: if I don't want to declare war, why would I want to break the trade agreement, and why do I get about 50 of these suggestions all at once? Why can't I tell them to JUST SHUT UP! Military advice on where to attack the guy I'm at war with, sure, random advice to attack everyone else... no thanks!