(July 13, 2014 at 7:03 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Double posting because there's a time limit on the edit function.
I just got denounced for starting a fifth city on a Pangaea map. I decided to try a domination only map as the Japanese, with no city states. My starting area was a fair distance from everyone else, so I felt free to expand a bit even though I didn't go for the Liberty policy that helps with the wide build. I've been doing honor and commerce.
Anyway I guess that's another thing they can get bunched up over, even though I wasn't really putting cities close to other civs. I get the feeling that there would have been city states in the empty space if I had allowed them. Conveniently enough, I have a mountain range to my right, and a river to my south, with ocean to my west. That makes some nice natural borders.
Yes, they get cheesed off if you build too close, build on land they want, build wonders they want, amongst other things. It also pisses them off if you tell them to go pound sand, or apologize and renege on your promise. Mouse over the civ's name in the diplomacy panel to see why they're pissed. Its usually more than one thing.
I view denouncement as a good indicator of who falls under the axe next.