City state interaction

[MorphBer]

I tend to use spies for techs, to prevent tech stealing, or, occasionally to beef up one of my own CS. But every now and then a coup leaves me flabbergasted. Good reminder.

I almost allways use at least one of my spies for coups (you have to level him up to lvl 3 via Diplomat first though).

 

[Stalker0]

I like the idea of a GD giving you X influence....or enough influence to become the ally of a CS. So no matter your enemies lead you can catch up instantly with the bulb.

 

[Rekk]

5. The GD effect could simply drop everyone else to 50 influence, sort of like an "Open Doors" effect - thus, if you and someone else both use GD on the same city-state, then only the recently player would be at 50 influence + the GD's natural bonus.

I think this option is able to solve most everything, assuming it's not new code.