Sorry to reply to an almost 2-month old thread, but I'm having the same problem and this is the topic I found that seemed most fitting! So, I apologize if I am beating a dead horse.



It really is quite frustrating, I have a blockaded planet that I can not relieve. The AI faction had no trouble launching an invasion, which was nearly complete when my much larger force showed up to stop their progress. So am I forced to declare war, to drive off the invaders threatening my world? Naturally resulting in the most powerful faction in the current game hating me.



It doesn't make sense to me... The above Berlin example does not quite fit in my case. This would be more like East Berlin deciding to extend the wall around West Berlin without declaring war, and then not letting the local troops come home.

Shivetya wrote:
You should not have to declare war with them to attack them and they should be able to blockade without that declaration.



It is bad design or a bug and it is annoying as hell.

Your outpost/colony is in their space, and you want to attack their ships in their own space. That is generally seen as an act of war in the real world, too, so you absolutely should have to declare war to attack their ships - just like they'd have to declare war against you were the situation reversed.



For example, during the Berlin Blockade, we couldn't just move our troops to Berlin and then kill all the Soviet and East German troops blockading the city unless we wanted war. It works the same in-game.

davea wrote:
Your system is in an enemy region of influence (colored disk) but you are not at war with them. Please declare war. Then please read Raptor's FAQ which describes this in more detail.

You should not have to declare war with them to attack them and they should be able to blockade without that declaration.



It is bad design or a bug and it is annoying as hell.

Your system is in an enemy region of influence (colored disk) but you are not at war with them. Please declare war. Then please read Raptor's FAQ which describes this in more detail.