Team Info and Contacts - Imperio

[mostly-harmless]

Yep send it is as it is now and I will make the trade offer in game.

mh

[Zeviz]

Sent the following message:

Hi,

Do you want to buy Sailing and Archery for Meditation and Masonry? (All the technologies we can trade right now, and cost is even.)

Zeviz,
Realms Beyond

[regoarrarr]

I would do both.

[Swiss Pauli]

Message sent:

Hi Imperio,

We'd like to make another trade proposal:

Realms Beyond gives: Monotheism

Imperio gives: Priesthood and an Islamic Missionary (to compensate the difference in beakers).

We look forward to your reply.

Thanks,

Swiss Pauli

[Zeviz]

Sulla mentioned that even with Islam at the capital, a free missionary (and saving a turn of research) would be good. So should we send Imperio a message? If so, let's do it now, before they research Mono themselves.

Here is the suggested trade: Monotheism for Priesthood and 1 Islamic Missionary.

EDIT: It looks like I somehow missed Swiss' post. Thanks for sending the message so quickly.

[mostly-harmless]

I am pretty sure that I have pinned down the position of Uxmal (Imperio's 4th city) down to two spots based on C&D data.

3x Fish and opening the monopole on the other early happy resource (Furs).



mh

[Sullla]

Man, I wish our northern tundra looked like that!

Sharon should be able to find the exact location as she moves north over the next few turns.

[Sullla]

Second thought - if PAL is backing out of their trade with us, it opens up new avenues. How about we suggest trading Monotheism (171) and Mathematics (357) to Imperio for Priesthood (85) and Monarchy (429)? Beaker count is nearly identical. Researching something Imperio already has doesn't make much sense, IMO.

Can we get an email to this effect off to Imperio? We need to know quickly if a deal like this is in the works. Maybe mention that we have to know in the near term for our own research plans.

[regoarrarr]

With Swiss OOP - does anyone else have the time / email to get this off to Imperio?

[Zeviz]

Suggested message:

Hi,

Do you want to buy Mathematics and Monotheism for Priesthood and Monarchy? If yes, we will have the techs ready in about 9 turns. We hope that, unlike PAL who broke a long-term research agreement we had with them, you'll follow through on any trade we agree.

Thank you,
Zeviz

[sunrise089]

I would do this:

"Hi,

Would you like to trade Mathematics and Monotheism for Priesthood and Monarchy? If so, we will have the techs ready in about 9 turns. We look forward to many mutually beneficial trades between our civilizations. We recently had PAL back out of a long-term deal, so we know how valuable trustworthy trading partners can be.

If you agree to the trade, please let us know as soon as possible, by Sunday at the latest. We don't mean to rush you, but we have to make sure we direct our research the right way.

Thank you,
Zeviz"

MESSAGE EDITED DUE TO SULLLA'S POST BELOW

[Sullla]

Both messages are good, but sunrise's is a little more diplomatic. Do we want to mention that we need a response quickly? (We will finish Monotheism in a mere 2 turns, and need to know where to go next.)

[Zeviz]

The reason my message sounded abrupt is that I tried to make the language as simple as possible. However Sunrize's does sound better. When should I sent it?

[Sullla]

Wait about 8-12 hours to give others a chance to comment, then send it. Also, if anyone encounters Imperio in-game, make sure to mention this.

[mostly-harmless]

Sounds good. Send it.

mh