Any Tips On Spying?

[Solitude102]

Sometimes I'm not sure on what to do with my spies. They seem to be getting caught way too often, and when I send them to other cities they tends to take ages when stealing a technology. Maybe it's just bad luck, or maybe I'm playing wrongly. So I'm asking for advice. Especially since I plan on using England soon and they get extra spies from what I read. I also read that they been changed a bit recently. Any advice on spying more effectively?

 

[Strigvir]

Set them as diplomats until they get the highest rank. Once they do, move some of them to your cities with highest spy rating.
If you are behind tech-wise, set some of them to spy cities in civ with the most techs.
They are quite useful for making CS allies mid-war, but it seems chances to rig are next to none with with the enemy influence 100+.
You can also move them to the nearest enemy cities to spy unit movements.

 

[Solitude102]

Set them as diplomats until they get the highest rank. Once they do, move some of them to your cities with highest spy rating.
If you are behind tech-wise, set some of them to spy cities in civ with the most techs.
They are quite useful for making CS allies mid-war, but it seems chances to rig are next to none with with the enemy influence 100+.
You can also move them to the nearest enemy cities to spy unit movements.

Alright. I appreciate the advise. I'll take it all into account.