Stibi-shimi
Chieftain
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- Sep 28, 2020
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Question for you guys - and this is after searching through the War Academy Articles and the forum history (searching 'diplomacy' in title). It looks like none of those went into the specific means of diplomacy.
How do you *do* diplomacy? Sure, you can open borders, trade techs, and exchange goods. But these means seem like they strengthen bonds between friends while keeping enemies atrophied, since opportunities to trade techs and goods may be closed to a rival that doesn't want to trade with you! As such, a more narrow question is: how can you warm up a rival who doesn't like you, either for trades, war, or to maintain peace, and do these strategies have negative consequences?
For instance,
- Gifting units
- Gifting cities
- Gifting techs
- Gifting money
- Changing civics to match a rival's.
- Disavowing an unpopular friend
How do you *do* diplomacy? Sure, you can open borders, trade techs, and exchange goods. But these means seem like they strengthen bonds between friends while keeping enemies atrophied, since opportunities to trade techs and goods may be closed to a rival that doesn't want to trade with you! As such, a more narrow question is: how can you warm up a rival who doesn't like you, either for trades, war, or to maintain peace, and do these strategies have negative consequences?
For instance,
- Gifting units
- Gifting cities
- Gifting techs
- Gifting money
- Changing civics to match a rival's.
- Disavowing an unpopular friend