Open Questions:
Would you ever recommend using a great spy to go foreign lands and generate ESP pts at a specified rival or do the merits of Scotland Yard and settling in SY city outweigh the benefits of GSpy missions.
When you adjust the ESP slider, perhaps to target a rival, is it usual that the rival makes his own adjustments to keep pace with you. I think i have noticed that some civs, though not all, will devalue your effort by countering your ESP bias with their own ESP bias directed right back in yer face.
It's an element of this fascinating game that I persistently overlook using them only to scout out troop movements and garrison sizes/compositions prior to war. i usually use the wonders list to ascertain their primary targets. Even this I do in a sloppy way i.e. Oh they have Versailles in Barcelona so I hit Barcelona first or the eiffel tower is in such n such a place, that would benefit my rock n roll and broadway so i'll take that city. The idea of using spies to gather intelligence for specifics like Prod city, Gold city etc is very interesting. I think I'll try this out very soon and try to unravel some of the Espionage mysteries.
EDIT: Anyone ever run a successful Espionage Economy using it to take the place of standard research methods or run alongside standard methods in a complimentary way? That could be a lot of fun.
Be interesting to pursue the standard Liberalism race using ESP to help that along its path or to gather up the backfill techs in parallel, just a thought.
Any feedback welcomed
Would you ever recommend using a great spy to go foreign lands and generate ESP pts at a specified rival or do the merits of Scotland Yard and settling in SY city outweigh the benefits of GSpy missions.
When you adjust the ESP slider, perhaps to target a rival, is it usual that the rival makes his own adjustments to keep pace with you. I think i have noticed that some civs, though not all, will devalue your effort by countering your ESP bias with their own ESP bias directed right back in yer face.
It's an element of this fascinating game that I persistently overlook using them only to scout out troop movements and garrison sizes/compositions prior to war. i usually use the wonders list to ascertain their primary targets. Even this I do in a sloppy way i.e. Oh they have Versailles in Barcelona so I hit Barcelona first or the eiffel tower is in such n such a place, that would benefit my rock n roll and broadway so i'll take that city. The idea of using spies to gather intelligence for specifics like Prod city, Gold city etc is very interesting. I think I'll try this out very soon and try to unravel some of the Espionage mysteries.
EDIT: Anyone ever run a successful Espionage Economy using it to take the place of standard research methods or run alongside standard methods in a complimentary way? That could be a lot of fun.
Be interesting to pursue the standard Liberalism race using ESP to help that along its path or to gather up the backfill techs in parallel, just a thought.
Any feedback welcomed
