Hmm, did anyone ever patch this? I think it's a great idea to have a peace treaty for a minimum number of turns. One penalty for breaking it could be like a -10% cumulative diplomatic penalty or something like that... ?

Actually Since Stalin decided to execute half (or was it more than half?) his high ranking military personell, severely weakening his country, Hitler got tempted to take advantage of the situation.

So therefore in Galciv, yes if somone become severely weakened, that could be a legitimate reason to break an alliance.

Hi!

Arceans attacked me the very next turn we signed peace treaty. OFC I felt cheated. 've exterminated them lately with great pleasure.

BR, Iztok

AFAIK in Dark Avatar, the diplomacy contact limits prevent you from immediately breaking treaties.

I hate to disagree with an Avatar, but the diplomacy contact limit does not prevent you from breaking peace treaties. You don't need to talk to someone to attack on the next turn, you just take an aggressive action (invade or destroy a ship). In fact, not any kind of treaties - if you sell a research treaty and then attack on the next turn, it is gone as well. You do take a "-- they don't trust us" negative diplomacy modifier, however.

The diplomacy contact limits also don't prevent declaring war and signing peace treaties on the same turn, if you are a little clever. If you attack someone you can't talk to THEM on that turn because of the outbreak of hostilities. But, for instance say I attack the Drengin on turn x. I take a few planets, and want to be done fighting. On turn x, or even x+1, the Drengin won't talk to me. But I can sell a peace treaty with the Drengin to say the Korath on turn x. Effect: wars started and stopped simultaneously within one turn.

Hope that helps.