Ally War Declarations and Diplomacy Viewing

[boblikesoup]

The biggest "wtf CA?" that constantly irritates me and I've never seen addressed is when an ally/satrapy/whatever goes to war you have to pick a side. Why can't we look at the diplomacy screen during this time? I've made so many bad decisions because I can't check diplomatic statuses. I'd be so appreciative if anybody could fix this. It should be core in the game, but you guys are the CA team in my heart <3

[Harnis]

yeah, I've been left trying to remember which of the two factions is allied with other allies of mine, and end up having to guess and hope I don't demolish my alliance (or reload the savegame if I do).

[Butan]

So true, the UI is not only debatable on the visual aspect, but in many things it is diametrically lacking in critical information!

[Denco]

The UI is a big if not the biggest left down in this game. Its plain and ugly and very lacking information wise.

[adambomb1]

Yes we need to see our diplomacy before making that type of decision.

[kanzy]

Yes I agree, I wish I could look at the diplomatic screen during those make a choice screens.

[boblikesoup]

Bump.

Can we get a dev to please comment on this?

[Maxmoaz]

Bump.

Can we get a dev to please comment on this?

Don't mean to be a partypooper but you should probably request that on the official forum, or at least outside of a modforum.

[Butan]

I think he meant DeI dev? Or it is a bit pretentious yeah as if CA would come down here, they scarcely announce things on this forum anymore.

[blightedmarsh]

They have retreated into their "please don't hurt me and like our game" shell.

They really dropped a clanger with this game but I don't actually blame them. No one goes into game development to make bad games but between the creators and the money men they made mistakes.

As to the OP; at the moment you just have to make a snap judgement. Not every important choice in history was made with due consideration. Pick your call right or wrong and run with it; mistakes will be made and fun will be had either way.

[Butan]

As to the OP; at the moment you just have to make a snap judgement. Not every important choice in history was made with due consideration. Pick your call right or wrong and run with it; mistakes will be made and fun will be had either way.

Unfortunately it is the wisest attitude with Rome II diplomacy.
Then, after you've played a few dozen hours, you should be able to visualize and weight diplomatic decisions without even trying much.
What cant be weighted even after you have experienced and mastered everything (complete lack of information in some "pop-up" events), just go back to what blightedmash said

[boblikesoup]

I like playing on legendary mode though and one bad UI design flaw has thrown off entire campaigns. It's hard to keep track of the statuses of like 30 countries.