I agree with your message in general.
But maybe its too early to give them so much information in the first msg?
I mean, we could gather some info first. Yos could be a nice source.
We have no idea how far our capitals from each other and configuration of other 5 teams on the map.
We can assume, if ice right in the middle, that Rome's capital 15-16 tiles away from ours in south direction.
But what about west-east? Is it 7-8 tiles east also?
I could be wrong, but I'm guessing Yos is Rome's western neighbour and Pony is eastern. Could be India's capital same distance from Rome's core as ours.
Its likely Rome has no knowledge about Crab. And it much more likely they had no idea about silver tile.
And I don't think we should ask permission to settle 5 tiles from our capital. What if they say: 'no, you can't'?
I don't like to move our chariot down south, but what if we move it 3-2 next turn and Rome couldn't defend their city properly on T72?
Would it be enough threat to force them sign a long NAP with us?
(And now I'm paranoid about we could miss enemy chariot somehow and its near Cornell now.)
I could be wrong again, but I don't expect much diplo action from GG.
They didn't update their thread. And I'm affraid they could be irrational with diplo like Pony.
And the leader/civ pick may suggest they are not so interested in winning the game, but to have fun with Praets.
I could be completely wrong, need more info.
As I understand C&D, Rome doesn't research IW yet. Though it safe to say they will soon.
They might have a target for Praets already. In any case, we should convince them -- attacking your east/west is better for your team. Argument could be: there is much better land than ice and tundra. Another argument: there should be a softer target, our team has top MFG at the moment, 2nd food and top population.
Last resort we could use in diplo: agree to a really long NAP with them, like T200 or more. This way both our teams are safe from each other's UU.
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tl;dr: I think we need more info before send long msg to Rome.
But maybe its too early to give them so much information in the first msg?
I mean, we could gather some info first. Yos could be a nice source.
We have no idea how far our capitals from each other and configuration of other 5 teams on the map.
We can assume, if ice right in the middle, that Rome's capital 15-16 tiles away from ours in south direction.
But what about west-east? Is it 7-8 tiles east also?
I could be wrong, but I'm guessing Yos is Rome's western neighbour and Pony is eastern. Could be India's capital same distance from Rome's core as ours.
Its likely Rome has no knowledge about Crab. And it much more likely they had no idea about silver tile.
And I don't think we should ask permission to settle 5 tiles from our capital. What if they say: 'no, you can't'?
I don't like to move our chariot down south, but what if we move it 3-2 next turn and Rome couldn't defend their city properly on T72?
Would it be enough threat to force them sign a long NAP with us?
(And now I'm paranoid about we could miss enemy chariot somehow and its near Cornell now.)
I could be wrong again, but I don't expect much diplo action from GG.
They didn't update their thread. And I'm affraid they could be irrational with diplo like Pony.
And the leader/civ pick may suggest they are not so interested in winning the game, but to have fun with Praets.
I could be completely wrong, need more info.
As I understand C&D, Rome doesn't research IW yet. Though it safe to say they will soon.
They might have a target for Praets already. In any case, we should convince them -- attacking your east/west is better for your team. Argument could be: there is much better land than ice and tundra. Another argument: there should be a softer target, our team has top MFG at the moment, 2nd food and top population.
Last resort we could use in diplo: agree to a really long NAP with them, like T200 or more. This way both our teams are safe from each other's UU.
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tl;dr: I think we need more info before send long msg to Rome.