I rly like you planning ahead and get a template already!
I agree with you, that we should be open and honest at first. Maybe add some screenshots of 2-4 tiles in advance, so other team don't need to scout it. Set up for more screenshots exchange in the future, so both our teams could explore different areas of map and get maximum info.
As for talking about our leader traits and UU, I dont like it much.
If they are competent enough, they'll understand it by themselfs. If they not, no need to teach them about our strategy.
Lets keep this till next exchange, not the first one, imo.
Since there are 7 FIN civs on the map, and there is a good chance our contact will be FIN, I would like we talk about their strong sides, not ours. Like talk about reseach in NTT game, not expansion and UU.
One more thing, I like your msg style, but someone else could see it different. We should think about adapt our diplo msg style to our current neighbour. As if their reply short, we should avoid long msg too. If they roleplay diplo, we could do a roleplay a bit. All I'm saying, we could adapt for ceirtain opponent, for better results in diplo.
Another thing we can offer, could be EP spending agreement. Its not important early, but we could mention it.
I agree with you, that we should be open and honest at first. Maybe add some screenshots of 2-4 tiles in advance, so other team don't need to scout it. Set up for more screenshots exchange in the future, so both our teams could explore different areas of map and get maximum info.
As for talking about our leader traits and UU, I dont like it much.
If they are competent enough, they'll understand it by themselfs. If they not, no need to teach them about our strategy.
Lets keep this till next exchange, not the first one, imo.
Since there are 7 FIN civs on the map, and there is a good chance our contact will be FIN, I would like we talk about their strong sides, not ours. Like talk about reseach in NTT game, not expansion and UU.
One more thing, I like your msg style, but someone else could see it different. We should think about adapt our diplo msg style to our current neighbour. As if their reply short, we should avoid long msg too. If they roleplay diplo, we could do a roleplay a bit. All I'm saying, we could adapt for ceirtain opponent, for better results in diplo.
Another thing we can offer, could be EP spending agreement. Its not important early, but we could mention it.