I am playtesting:
I play on small map, king, continents.
I absolutely LOVE the mod!
I have 5 cities, and I train diplomats in 1-2, not all the time but sg like:
1 diplomat, 1 sg else, 1 diplomat, and so on.
This way I manage to have ally the one CS I have on my continent,
and another on an island a bit far away.
I love it, because:
1.
There is strategy invoved in it, and decisions:
Do I use many cities to train diplomats or not?
Does it worth to have ally CSs this way and how many?
2.
You have to keep peaceful and safe terrain for your diplomats - or escort them.
3.
Geography counts, distance counts.
4.
You can your gold for other things.
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Naturally, balance is a question, I cannot tell much about it yet,
this is my first test-play (and I play for fun, test is now secondary)
I also cannot tell about how the AI behaves.
I have Germany, France, Ottoman on one big continent,
and Siam (alone on a smaller continent).
As far as I can tell, nobody AI has any contact with CSs yet...
An idea:
- Could it be made that I could see the exact relationship a CS has with all the nations? in a list?
like: X has neutral with CS Genoa, Y has friendly, Z has ally, etc...
- when the diplomat gets to the CS and makes the business, shouldn't it cost the player gold,
instead of getting gold with it?
and now I play on, one more turn - and many more ...