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Diplomatic finding
I found (in a scenario) that if I talked to an AI civ during my turn (either by moving to a square next to his unit/city, or by hitting 'F3'), the AI was really naughty; however, if it was the AI's turn, then I could get a lot of good stuff. Here's the details.
In scenario 'Alexander' (comes with civ2 MPE), I played Alexander.
I talked to the Greeks during my turn. They first asked me to declare war on another civ, then asked me to give the 'secret of construction'. They never agreed to pay tribute, and if I did not agree to cease fire or peace, 'so be it'.
However, if I parked a light chivalry between Athens (my city) and Sparta (Greek city), and waited for the Greek troops to come, the conversation (happened during the Greek's turn) was totally different. First I rejected a cease fire and got philosophy for it, then I rejected peace and got 450 golds for it (Greeks only saved 35 golds for themselves). When I wanted an alliance, they asked a tech (construction) and a war against another civ. I agreed, and within two turns the Greeks were attacking the Persian, their ally.
What happened next is out of the scope of this topic, but worths mentioning. The Persian troops were heading toward me, but they had to turn around to defend its city against the Greeks. I waited till the Persian troops were in or next to the city then used 447 golds (Greek money!) to bribe it(+5 units and plundered 60 golds). In the battle Greeks and Persian lost 2-3 units each.
<<Update: Later I found that if I waited till the second turn then talk to the AI I got good stuff.>>
[This message has been edited by Xin Yu (edited December 24, 1999).]
In scenario 'Alexander' (comes with civ2 MPE), I played Alexander.
I talked to the Greeks during my turn. They first asked me to declare war on another civ, then asked me to give the 'secret of construction'. They never agreed to pay tribute, and if I did not agree to cease fire or peace, 'so be it'.
However, if I parked a light chivalry between Athens (my city) and Sparta (Greek city), and waited for the Greek troops to come, the conversation (happened during the Greek's turn) was totally different. First I rejected a cease fire and got philosophy for it, then I rejected peace and got 450 golds for it (Greeks only saved 35 golds for themselves). When I wanted an alliance, they asked a tech (construction) and a war against another civ. I agreed, and within two turns the Greeks were attacking the Persian, their ally.
What happened next is out of the scope of this topic, but worths mentioning. The Persian troops were heading toward me, but they had to turn around to defend its city against the Greeks. I waited till the Persian troops were in or next to the city then used 447 golds (Greek money!) to bribe it(+5 units and plundered 60 golds). In the battle Greeks and Persian lost 2-3 units each.
<<Update: Later I found that if I waited till the second turn then talk to the AI I got good stuff.>>
[This message has been edited by Xin Yu (edited December 24, 1999).]
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