pre-release info New First Look: Ibn Battuta

[Zaarin]

I am on just my second Antiquity Age tutorial game. The first AI I met was Ian and he quickly offered to trade maps. In Civ VI I was hesitant even to trade home city locations especially with some Civs. I have 3 scouts out.

So . . . I did it. either he's lying about how little he's explored or I got a raw deal for my 60 Influence. Of course if I had declined and he had gone to war it might have been worse. I suppose. I hate early wars.

Thoughts? Support, Accept, or Reject?

You don't get his entire map vision; you get vision of his home territory. IMO the deal is pretty worthless unless you're from opposite continents and have surplus influence--and even then it's of pretty limited value.

I've encountered Ibn Battuta in two of my three games and found him to be very backstabby--but also very quick to recover relationship after backstabbing. Twice he has declared war on me while friendly, peaced out, and made friends with me again after the war.