Unfair Trading?

[anarres]

Charis:

It was raised in site feedback, in short, the answer was no.

Edit: Link is all wrong. For some reason I can't find the thread...

 

[anarres]

And now I found the MOO link:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43034

 

[Phillip_martin]

Originally posted by anarres
AFAIK, giving stuff away can improve your attitude rating (but not your rep), although the impact seems to be minimal to me. I often give techs away to weak civs that are providing a buffer zone (or a million other reasons), and their attitude vary rarely changes from one state to another because of it.

Not screwing every last ounce of gold out of them is a common theory to keep the AI happy, but I have seen no evidence to support this hypothosis. I am happy to be proved wrong, can you provide evidence?

You are right. If you have screwed your rep by breaking treaties or the like, your rep can remain in the dog house while your attitude can still alter.

When it comes to negotiating deal it is your reputation which has the primary impact.

When it comes to a vote in the UN it is the other AI's attitude which is important..

By wrecking your reputation you can limit the way in which you can increase other civs attitude to you, so reputation and attitude are somewhat linked.

As for evidence on increasing attitude I must admit it is through experience, not hard emperical analysis. I have noticed that "screwing" the AI down to minimum payout has less effect on increasing attitude than adding in extra gold or freebies.