I'm currently playing this game - standard map, highlands (so lots of mountains with easily blocked mountain passes), prince difficulty, 8 players total.
It's the modern age for me, most rivals are still playing around with cavalry and grenadiers. I have focused on espionage from the beginning; built the great wall, had a couple of great spies, and attributed points well.
I have at least 10,000 more espionage points with every AI than they have with me. I have security bureaus and intelligence agencies, as well as one spy in every city. I have also closed off every entrance into my territory with one or more spies.
So what I cannot understand is how it is that I am catching spies every turn, but every 10 turns or so there is one that manages to poison one of my cities' water supplies anyway. I opened up the world builder to see how bad the infestation was, and there are actually multiple enemy spies lounging away in most of my cities.
What the heck? I am having trouble keeping my own spies in enemy tiles for long, and here I am, fully and maximally defended against espionage, and there are spies all over my lands? What's going on?
I am not playing with the latest patch I must say (I am at Beyond the Sword 3.03), so perhaps this is something that was patched already? If not, what can I do to stop it? It's not hurting me badly but it's annoying for sure.
It's the modern age for me, most rivals are still playing around with cavalry and grenadiers. I have focused on espionage from the beginning; built the great wall, had a couple of great spies, and attributed points well.
I have at least 10,000 more espionage points with every AI than they have with me. I have security bureaus and intelligence agencies, as well as one spy in every city. I have also closed off every entrance into my territory with one or more spies.
So what I cannot understand is how it is that I am catching spies every turn, but every 10 turns or so there is one that manages to poison one of my cities' water supplies anyway. I opened up the world builder to see how bad the infestation was, and there are actually multiple enemy spies lounging away in most of my cities.
What the heck? I am having trouble keeping my own spies in enemy tiles for long, and here I am, fully and maximally defended against espionage, and there are spies all over my lands? What's going on?
I am not playing with the latest patch I must say (I am at Beyond the Sword 3.03), so perhaps this is something that was patched already? If not, what can I do to stop it? It's not hurting me badly but it's annoying for sure.
