Spronz Wrote:He gains practically nothing by helping them and loses a lot.
He actually would gain a lot. Kathlete's economy would still be in the tank because they have to invest even more hammers in military instead of workers to improve their land (I don't believe they have even one cottage built yet). He gets more land to his east the longer the war goes on. On top of that, if he were to have taken Sulla up on the offer, he would not lose metal at all, and would deprive Spulla of metal for 10t.
I think the best plan for him would be to secure a NAP with Spulla and settle aggressively to his east while giving Byzantium metal (in exchange for getting Spulla's copper). If Byzantium survives, he has a buffer against kathlete that will forever not trust kathlete. If they die, kathlete would most likely be pretty badly behind in tech from having to whip/build so much military. Especially in a game with no tech trading, a team that gets behind in tech (especially if Jowy can get a military tech advantage) isn't really a threat.