Cyneheard Wrote:Rome secures stronger allies, and his praets are burning a hole in his pocket. If he'd not been part of the COW, he'd end up with 1 more city by the sword (Seoul), but at the price of a number of praets and more time. And if he gets the pillage cash from 1 city, he pays for sending out his praets.
I really disagree, the 3 extra galleys (assuming he'd build one to explore the central island anyways) are a big cost and definitely not worth one city of cash. Even the accumulated unit supply costs during the long trek could easily outweigh pillage cash, especially since the cities Whosit is most likely to be able to raze are the newer ones close to the inner sea.
The diplomacy is nice, but with his immediate neighbors dead or crippled I don't think there's a huge benefit to Whosit getting involved in a more select alliance right now.