ahmedhadzi
Relocation Consultant
OK. So can we settle on what do we want from them, so I can send them email? Or will you handle this Obs by skype?
I'm not quite sure we can get and sustain a trade route with Merlot. If they don't have ivory, how is Const/HBR supposed to benefit them in the short to mid term? IMHO, Machinery > Feudalism in that case.
Greetings to all of members of the Mavericks,
It is wonderful to see that you are open and willing to engage in a positive and beneficial relationship with our nation. We are equally open to the idea of trading technologies, resources, and much more to further both our empires.
Your honesty proves your nation is an honourable one. The alliance you face is one that both of us can share our experiences from. From this, we should be active in supporting one another so that our nations may continue to flourish under the almighty guidance of both our leaders.
Regarding trade opportunities, we have Corn, Wine and Gems that we can share with your people.
To prove to you our good intentions, His Majesty, King Indiansmoke I, as well as both the leading Ambassador Sir Caledorn, and me, Ambassador to Mavericks, Sir Snaker8, are wanting to begin a live-chat style discussion on several issues of interest to both countries. This can be on MSN or whatever messenger client you deem as the most viable option. If we are to engage in a live discussion, we ask that at least one of your ambassadors is present in the discussion.
Since this is an international community, we also require that all participating members state their time zone, so that a conversation may be scheduled which will minimize conflict with real-life hours of the day. We will also require email contact information relevant to the chat.
The citizens of Merlot await your reply,
Sir Snaker8
Imperial Diplomat of Merlot
I sent them email that I will be available for chat this weekend. If someone can do it before that let me know.
So what next? How about we research machinery and you go CoL? You can ten go CS while we go compass optics.
How does that sound? We really need to tech techs they already have to get research bonus.
I got another pvm from IndianSmoke:
We are at war with persia and carthage so we log in after the first half of the clock.
Going HBR and construction is bad IMO. We need bureocracy in order to keep up in tech as much as possible.
You have eles but we don't and you will sacrifice alot of tech this way.
Holkan is around the dutch border between a dutch axe and an archer.
We did not lose any race, we went for meditation late as we needed worker techs first. We have not even tried to build any wonders, just focused on developement.
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Ok, I'll stockpile gold for a few turns and then we can re-evaluate. I don't think Machinery is so bad. We have iron hooked up, so we know we can get a few X-Bows as well. I am waiting for them to give me an ETA on machinery now.
Indiansmoke said:obsolete said:I've been thinking, maybe Ghandi should tech currency, then we could gift you gold to keep your slider on 100% while we grab cheaper stuff with specialists.
Currency is a must yes, the question is do we tech it after or before Civil service?
A nice gambit is going CoL and you going caste and getting a merchant who will bulb Civil service. So tech path for you would be CoL, currency and merchant bulbs CS.
Think about it...