Embassies on The Lost Continent

[Shiber]

From my experience, AIs will pay you for a RoP if you have a larger territory, regardless of how far the two civs are or whether they can even use the RoP. The actual cost is then determined according to your relations with the AIs and possibly other factors.
So far we have not signed any RoPs with the exception of the RoP with Persia, which we signed shortly before the French bribed them into declaring war on us. However, if we establish embassies in the capitals of China, India and Zululand, we will be able to sign RoPs and make some money without actually having to worry about them entering our territories!

The numbers
Embassy in China: 49 Lytons.
Embassy in Zululand: 98 Lytons.
Embassy in India: 105 Lytons.
Total cost: 252.

Now, I do not expect the RoPs to yield a lot of cash at the moment because the lost civs are completely dry after giving us all of their income and their treasuries. However, when we're done selling them tech and luxuries, we may want to sign RoPs with them.
The income from the RoP can cover the cost of the embassy and even create a nice additional income if we choose to renew the deal every 20 turns.

[Meshelic]

Good call Shiber. I myself have used ROP's to great length in my own games and have found the same issues, that even if the other civs really don't NEED a ROP with you (and probably won't use it), they WILL pay for it, so this could be a very good way to accumulate some cash flow.

[Meshelic]

[E_T]

Don't forget that we still need Embassies with the Iroquois & Babylonians.

Iroquois - 74 Lytons.
Babylon - 78 Lytons.

E_T

[Shiber]

I object your phrasing. IMHO we don't actually need embassies in the Iroquois and Babylonian capitals. We have no use for them as military allies, they will have very little to pay us for a RoP (if any at all) should we decide to sign one with them and trying to improve their attitude towards us is rather pointless IMHO since they'll be furious at us sooner or later as we continue to expand geographically, economically and militarily (you know how they get jealous).
That, unless I missed something.

[E_T]

Originally posted by Shiber
I object your phrasing. IMHO we don't actually need embassies in the Iroquois and Babylonian capitals. We have no use for them as military allies, they will have very little to pay us for a RoP (if any at all) should we decide to sign one with them and trying to improve their attitude towards us is rather pointless IMHO since they'll be furious at us sooner or later as we continue to expand geographically, economically and militarily (you know how they get jealous).
That, unless I missed something.

I was just pointing out that we also still needed Embassies with them, not that we might need them or not.

E_T

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

I personally despise ROPs as they only expire when one side or the other declares war on the the other half of the ROP.

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb
I personally despise ROPs as they only expire when one side or the other declares war on the the other half of the ROP.

This is not true... RoPs work much like peace treaties in that if a LPT cost is attached to them, they are renewed on each 20 turns. The difference is that a RoP CAN be peacefully ended at the point of renegotiation (unlike a peace treaty).

What's annoying about RoPs is that the game doesn't warn you when they come up for renegotiation, so you have to keep track of when that turn is (or attach LPT to it so the AI automatically contacts you when the time for renegotiation arrives).

[Zero]

doesnt signing RoP improve relations as well?

[MrWhereItsAt]

But how long will it realistically take for the other civs to build up the amounts of cash and Lpt that we consider our techs and RoPs worth? The Zulus and Chinese are basically financially bonded to us with everything, and only India seemed to have the large Lpt that we would want for our techs. Eventually we will have to trade or lose the opportunity to eg the Romans, but how long do we wait before selling in the mean time?

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Arnelos


This is not true... RoPs work much like peace treaties in that if a LPT cost is attached to them, they are renewed on each 20 turns. The difference is that a RoP CAN be peacefully ended at the point of renegotiation (unlike a peace treaty).

What's annoying about RoPs is that the game doesn't warn you when they come up for renegotiation, so you have to keep track of when that turn is (or attach LPT to it so the AI automatically contacts you when the time for renegotiation arrives).

That's not true, our RoP with Persia lasted 39 turns and NEVER came up for renegotiation and could not be cancelled. It only stopped when they declared war, and they were still allowed to trade through our roads while they were at war with us.

[Kloreep]

RoPs do have a 20 turn length like anything else. I speak from experience. If the RoP was never renegotiated or cancelled, I guess Persia was happy with it and we never bothered to do anything.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Kloreep
RoPs do have a 20 turn length like anything else. I speak from experience. If the RoP was never renegotiated or cancelled, I guess Persia was happy with it and we never bothered to do anything.

After 20 turns we should be allowed to cancel it but the human player is NEVER given an option, the human is at he mercy of the AI player until war is declared.

[Meshelic]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb

After 20 turns we should be allowed to cancel it but the human player is NEVER given an option, the human is at he mercy of the AI player until war is declared.

Not necessarily until war is declared. All it takes is paying attention to how long certain treaties have extended and being on top of things when they expire and let them do so.

[Meshelic]

Notice the HUGE amount of Gems in Zululand, eh? I believe my count is at 11! I believe that's close to a monopoly on the world, or at least well over half of all gem deposits.

Not to bring up the thought of another war or nothing...but those gems are so pretty...