How to bully the AI

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Cian McGuire
Re: Gold/Turn

I believe that what vondrack said is correct- or that the solution is somehow related to his conclusion.

I believe that if they don't have a gold/turn gain, they're not going to give you any. You can usually tell when an AI civ is in it's Golden Age, however- they're willing to shell out exorbitant sums for fairly standard techs or maps.

The other way to see this is to dicker about gold/turn. You can ask the AI for 5gp/turn (for example) and your advisor will tell you that the deal is acceptable, but raise it to 6 and instead of being told "we're close" you'll be told "they would never..." I've always assumed that meant the AI was only making 5gp/turn.