I'm more of a tactics guy. I'm always quick to see flaws in other people's actions, or use my own specialists to see how I can maximize my advantage, even if its only a small thing. But when you add lots of small things up, it ultimately helps me win the war (or at least put up a better fight than most people

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I don't really 'diplomacy' that much, I generally just trust that my ally (or allies) don't want to to go war with me (I mean, it's disadvantageous for him as well, so....) Oh and tycoons really help with diplomacy anyway so I guess tycoons are like my 'diplomat' which I use for diplomacy-ing with other people, if I need to at all...