CommandoBob
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I think you did the right thing in NOT trading. I know the temptation was present (well, it would have been for me), but common sense prevailed.Inkoate said:3. 2900 BC
The Rome warrior fortifies again.
Southern warrior goes south again and meets another Iriquios warrior. I contact him, just to see what they got. They have 0g in treasury, they have BW and CB to offer us, but don't want any of our technologies. Trading is my weak spot here... I don't know what to do in this situation, someone point me in the right direction.
We want to win by conquest but we are not playing an Always War game. Bronze Working is nice, because it leads to Iron Working and if we can find iron we can make our UU, the Mighty Red Rome Legion.
So why do I say that you did the right thing by not trading for a tech that leads to our UU?
Because.....we are learning. Not doing but learning.
I have listed some good reasons to get BW from Hiawatha. However, there are good reasons not to get BW from Hiawatha. We would probably have to promise gold per turn, which limits money we get to keep. We may meet someone else that will take a tech of ours for one we can trade to the Iroquois to get BW. We may not want to get BW yet, because if we do build legions, we would trigger our Golden Age when a legion wins its first battle and we may not have enough cities to really make it worthwhile. We may want to head to Republic first, change governments, and then come back and get BW and IW when we have more cities and better production.
And what of Ceremonial Burial? True, we as Romans care little for adorning the dead unless they die in battle. But if we were able to get CB, could we do more with it than BW?
The biggest reason I think you did the right thing in not trading is somewhat more obscure, but just as valid. As a team, we only have the goal of a Conquest Victory. We do not have a plan on how to get that victory. And while it is still early in the game and we do not yet know all our victims, er, I mean neighbours, we need to begin thinking and talking about how we plan to get the techs and units we need to conquer the world.
I do not pretend to be the teacher. But as a fellow student, I will tell you did the right thing by informing the instructor and class of the trade options.