Gotta stop talking about the ice age. We all agreed it was a terrible move.
I think the diplomacy system needs to be reworked. It is really bad.
I think Vita had a plan to limit # of allies you can have back in the days.
I was actually on board with his idea to limit # of allies to 2 at most.
If we want to continue the current system, there should be some downsides to having too many allies. Maybe reducing CS when all your allies are fighting the same enemy. For every allied realm in the region, reduce CS by 20% maybe? So Sirion, Nivemus, Highmarch and Caligus in the same region vs Perdan and Vix would reduce Sirion, Nivemus, Highmarch, Caligus's CS by 60% while reducing Perdan, Vix by 20%.
Or instead of touching CS, you could also go for increase in recruitment cost. Each ally adding 20% more cost.
Also, provide an easier way to break an alliance. Not from alliance to peace to neutral. More like alliance to straight war. But at the cost of huge honor and prestige drop. Like 50%.
This just makes cities even more stupid to attack.
Remember what it took to destroy Oligarch?
Imagine with these penalties...
