Intelligence model in Civ 4?

[Optimizer]

So, yet another poll about the game mechanics.

[Optimizer]

Personally, I advocate a new kind of interface where you can click the enemy cities directly to carry out espionage and sabotage missions.

Thus, the interface would be object-verb-orientated like The Sims, so you click an object and then choose what action to perform.

[Trifna]

There a few types of things to be built for spying:

- Units
- Embassy + foreign installations (intelligence network...)
- Central management (= national installations, as CIA)
- Wonders


The core of the system? Units: they act, and what they can do and the % of success depends on what they have. Bring a unit somewhere, and permit it to form the network in some foreign country (and get general misceleaneous info). Bring another unit, and specialize it in "sabotage", by using the network already present.

The buildings help to be successful and add possibilities.

[Shogun Gunner]

Something new here that I've not read previously regarding espionage... "an interface that evolves over time" makes a lot of sense. Technology will change the type and scope of spy missions.

[Trifna]

I am not against interface that evolve, but they are more work for both developers and newbies. I think it is possible to let intelligence evolve (from limited embassy-based to "central agency" organized), while keeping a same interface which simply gets some new options.