AI diplomats/princesses

[Giant]

Hi,
Other factions send diplomats or princesses to my cities. sometimes i watch them while waiting for them to complete their turn, and they just walk to my city and do an animation like they are going to propose something, but then just noting happens and my view jumps to another movement.

Is this normal? Do other players see this too? Or is it a bug?
In some cases a diplomatic scroll DOES appear, so it's not that all diplomatic proposals of the AI are bugged.

[Akimbo]

Oddly enough I was just starting to think about this. All I can think of is they're either completing some kind of mission by just making contact. Or they're trying to bribe the city. I've never noticed any harm come from it, but I wouldn't mind knowing what's actually going on.

[Gornard]

I think the characters do a little greeting animation when they end near other characters or cities sometimes. It jsut happens to look the same when they are actually doing something.

[townie33]

From what I have learned from other posts on this is that they are trying to bribe your city. Also as a suggestion gift that country some money. If you don't anything about it within the next 10 turns they will attack you.

[eisenkopf]

From what I have learned from other posts on this is that they are trying to bribe your city. Also as a suggestion gift that country some money. If you don't anything about it within the next 10 turns they will attack you.

yes, I agree. They are trying to bribe your city or an agent. Prepare for war! The same goes if an AI diplomat demands money or they will attack. If you give them the money, it sometimes delays them long enough to prepare for war, sometimes it doesn't (anyone else gave them the money and was attacked immediately nonetheless?). But attack they will.

[Ex Tenebris Lux]

i see the enemy princesses and dips trying o brib a city of mine sometimes for like 10 or more turns in a row, the eventually give up. it hasnt sarted a war yet.

i play hard/hard. maybe very hard/whatever is diferent...

[Celsius]

yes, they are trying to bribe your city.

[Random Emperor]

that happen to me too...
bribers...

[uruk-hai]

i remember from rome total war . when that happens the advisor saids. they are geting ready to attack you.

witch seens to be true for medieval total war 2. pay them off with a small bit of money.kill the diplomat or princesses. 3: train troops and build up for all out war.

[Confederate Jeb]

From what I have heard it is actually a bug, and if you save before ending a turn and this happens reload and you should enter diplomacy with them. This happens in R:TW as well.