Never saw badboy as someone's perception of how evil you are but rather as the world reacting to sudden shifts in the power balance.
IE: Rome sees that Carthage has conquered large parts of spain in a relatively short period of time. Rome thinks "Better watch out, they are becoming a lot more powerfull al of a sudden, bet they are doing it to get a better power base against us... Better declare a preventive war imidietly!"
IE: Rome sees that Carthage has conquered large parts of spain in a relatively short period of time. Rome thinks "Better watch out, they are becoming a lot more powerfull al of a sudden, bet they are doing it to get a better power base against us... Better declare a preventive war imidietly!"