Hey everyone, I have a question I've been meaning to ask dealing with promises made in the game.
Say I settle close to Spain, and then they ask me not to do so again. Now, I know I'll get a penalty (is it global, or just for the AI I made the promise to?) if I break the promise and settle another city close to them, but what if I keep the promise? Later in the game, I get a message saying so much time has passed that I can consider my promise kept. I have a few questions about this:
1. How many turns do you have to keep a promise to get the promise kept message?
2. How many tiles is considered "close?" As in, if I settle 7 tiles away from one of their cities, will I get the message that I broke my promise?
3. What exactly is the benefit of not breaking my promise? It's easy to see the penalty you get when you break it ("you made a promise that you didn't keep!"), but after I got that nice message saying I could consider the promise kept, I didn't notice any modifier come from it. Hovering over their attitude didn't reveal any kind of green message saying "You made a promise and kept it!" so is there any benefit at all? If so, that seems odd.
4. If they settle a city near me, will that cause a bug which makes the AI think I broke my promise? If so, that sounds like something which should be fixed.
My next question is similar, but deals with making a promise not to buy tiles near the AI. My questions for tiles are:
1. Same as the first question for cities (how many turns until promise kept).
2. Same as second question for cities. More specifically, I only get the diplomatic screen letting me promise not to buy tiles near them after I bought a tile which was against the border of one of their cities. I made sure not to do that again, but one turn I bought a tile on the other side of the city (no where near their border), only to get the message that I broke my promise. That really makes no sense to me, but whatever. So how what is the minimum distance from their city/border that I can buy a tile without getting the penalty?
3. Again, do I get anything for keeping my promise?
Thanks for any answers you can provide. These questions have been in my head for a while, and I thought it was time I figured out the answers to them.
Say I settle close to Spain, and then they ask me not to do so again. Now, I know I'll get a penalty (is it global, or just for the AI I made the promise to?) if I break the promise and settle another city close to them, but what if I keep the promise? Later in the game, I get a message saying so much time has passed that I can consider my promise kept. I have a few questions about this:
1. How many turns do you have to keep a promise to get the promise kept message?
2. How many tiles is considered "close?" As in, if I settle 7 tiles away from one of their cities, will I get the message that I broke my promise?
3. What exactly is the benefit of not breaking my promise? It's easy to see the penalty you get when you break it ("you made a promise that you didn't keep!"), but after I got that nice message saying I could consider the promise kept, I didn't notice any modifier come from it. Hovering over their attitude didn't reveal any kind of green message saying "You made a promise and kept it!" so is there any benefit at all? If so, that seems odd.
4. If they settle a city near me, will that cause a bug which makes the AI think I broke my promise? If so, that sounds like something which should be fixed.
My next question is similar, but deals with making a promise not to buy tiles near the AI. My questions for tiles are:
1. Same as the first question for cities (how many turns until promise kept).
2. Same as second question for cities. More specifically, I only get the diplomatic screen letting me promise not to buy tiles near them after I bought a tile which was against the border of one of their cities. I made sure not to do that again, but one turn I bought a tile on the other side of the city (no where near their border), only to get the message that I broke my promise. That really makes no sense to me, but whatever. So how what is the minimum distance from their city/border that I can buy a tile without getting the penalty?
3. Again, do I get anything for keeping my promise?
Thanks for any answers you can provide. These questions have been in my head for a while, and I thought it was time I figured out the answers to them.