Razorwing
Warlord
Here is what I did.
1) Pull science and luxuries back to zero, leaving me with a hefty per-turn income. I don't change turns so it doesn't affect anything.
2) Because I now have 106 gold per turn, I can offer 100 gold per turn to Persia for two nice techs.
3) Now I declare war on Persia, which I was going to do anyways.
4) I now have two free techs and I'm not paying Persia anything.
Some twelve turns later when the war is over, the deal I suckered Persia into seems to be forgotten. I was expecting to pay for the remaining eight turns -- I was hoping for the AI to have postponed the agreement altogether and I had the full twenty turns of gold to pay back -- but no, the deal was out the window.
Soren should take a look at this, and definetely add some text to explain things to the player. Perhaps my Persian adversary would exclaim: We will only sign a peace treaty if you agree to resume our broken trade agreement where we left off!
Perhaps, to make it even fairer, the amount owed should be raised to reflect interest. 100 gp isn't worth exactly as much fifteen turns later because the world's economy has very likely grown.
There is still the scenario where a player can do as I did, but instead has planned to completely annihilate his opponent, and then he will get out of the agreement at no cost. But whatcha gonna do.
1) Pull science and luxuries back to zero, leaving me with a hefty per-turn income. I don't change turns so it doesn't affect anything.
2) Because I now have 106 gold per turn, I can offer 100 gold per turn to Persia for two nice techs.
3) Now I declare war on Persia, which I was going to do anyways.
4) I now have two free techs and I'm not paying Persia anything.
Some twelve turns later when the war is over, the deal I suckered Persia into seems to be forgotten. I was expecting to pay for the remaining eight turns -- I was hoping for the AI to have postponed the agreement altogether and I had the full twenty turns of gold to pay back -- but no, the deal was out the window.
Soren should take a look at this, and definetely add some text to explain things to the player. Perhaps my Persian adversary would exclaim: We will only sign a peace treaty if you agree to resume our broken trade agreement where we left off!
Perhaps, to make it even fairer, the amount owed should be raised to reflect interest. 100 gp isn't worth exactly as much fifteen turns later because the world's economy has very likely grown.
There is still the scenario where a player can do as I did, but instead has planned to completely annihilate his opponent, and then he will get out of the agreement at no cost. But whatcha gonna do.
) that's not cheating but more stealing (assault, whatever).
