we all have had an experience with them...they are the ones who attack you over and over again even when there is no war. Diansay is one of these and has been attacking me for a couple of years now. However I have figured out some excellent startegies to use with these players. If you are not a war player- and I am not - all you need to do is build large warehouses and for a little ambrosia you can double the resources you can keep safe. You can easily keep 100,000 of each resource safe! So basically it means you can build anything you want and collect gold and they can't touch you. It works great and an added bonus is that it drives them crazy!!
Even if they occupy your town there is nothing they can do and in fact I think at that point they are pretty much protecting you and if anyone else attacks you it will be their soldiers that are taking care of it.
If they block your ports...again for a little ambrosia you can turn your other resources into wine (and if your warehouses hold 100k you don't need to do it often). It kicks the legs right out from under them and they swarm around trying to figure out what to do and accomplishing nothing...very very funny stuff!!!
All in all, it's a pretty sweet startegy and I highly recommend it.
Regards and good luck to all of you
carmie

If they block your ports...again for a little ambrosia you can turn your other resources into wine (and if your warehouses hold 100k you don't need to do it often). It kicks the legs right out from under them and they swarm around trying to figure out what to do and accomplishing nothing...very very funny stuff!!!

Regards and good luck to all of you
carmie