ilios, my position would be we're open and straightforward with them about all information we would consider not to be vital (as long as we feel we're getting equally useful information in return).
hey' i'm sure you've already seen from the extremely limited diplo we've engaged in, i think you can call my style anything but overly formal
the location of our capital however IS vital information, particularly this early, so i wouldn't be comfortable giving that away. if they find it themselves, more power to them. small detail but the only diagonal that would allow visibility is the NE one.
with a 2-move scout, we have the advantage when it comes to map info so let's leverage that. i definitely agree we should be open with our neighbours (the ones we don't suspect of having short-term hostile intentions anyway). i would, for example, probably answer their query - once we get a formal reply - by letting them know they're our first contact.
i'd like to talk to these guys more. they seem ok but i'm a bit concerned diplomacy might be slow with them if they continue to run each diplo response by all 4 team members. i have some more thoughts on where negotiations could go in the short term but it's purely speculative for now so let's see how things go. any word back from them? i can't access googlemail from work...
hey' i'm sure you've already seen from the extremely limited diplo we've engaged in, i think you can call my style anything but overly formal
the location of our capital however IS vital information, particularly this early, so i wouldn't be comfortable giving that away. if they find it themselves, more power to them. small detail but the only diagonal that would allow visibility is the NE one.
with a 2-move scout, we have the advantage when it comes to map info so let's leverage that. i definitely agree we should be open with our neighbours (the ones we don't suspect of having short-term hostile intentions anyway). i would, for example, probably answer their query - once we get a formal reply - by letting them know they're our first contact.
i'd like to talk to these guys more. they seem ok but i'm a bit concerned diplomacy might be slow with them if they continue to run each diplo response by all 4 team members. i have some more thoughts on where negotiations could go in the short term but it's purely speculative for now so let's see how things go. any word back from them? i can't access googlemail from work...