Sent to CivPlayers:
RB Wrote:Decebal,
I understand that you're trying to get yourself the best deal possible, but we would rather use two workers to complete the road to our other neighbor who will give us the routes for free starting next turn. All of our other neighbors are willing to sign OB at no cost, actually. We would still like trade routes with you because it would still be financially beneficial, but it's not significant enough of a gain to us to be worth giving up two workers. If you insist on payment, then we are going to decline Open Borders.
I'm going to be direct with you - we are concerned that your actions towards us signal aggression. First, you are carefully avoiding any suggestions of a lengthier NAP and border agreement. Second, our team has observed that you just completed teching Horseback Riding, which is an expensive tech to choose at this phase of the game unless you plan on using it on a neighbor. Now, we realize you have other neighbors too and could very well have chosen to tech HBR to deal with another team, but your unwillingness to sign a NAP longer than T120 or commit to any sort of longer deal is a sign that we need to be ready for the worst. If you would sign a NAP through T150 with us, that go a long ways to confirming your desire to play peacefully.
If you are unwilling to sign a longer NAP, just be aware that we are not low on defenses - in fact we have one of the largest armies in the world currently. I do hope we can come to a more firm peace agreement - let me know what you think.
Thanks,
scooter - Team RB