An idea for diplomacy
An idea for diplomacy
Right now other factions call you up for favors, and realisticly after the 1st 1 or 2, it gets old. Currently the *requests* are 150 coin, 150 metal, or 10x10 food. How about trade deals? Alien race needs item X but can only offer a smaller quantity of y. And then you have the option of taking the deal or making it a gift for a higher boost to influence. Trade pacts could be done this way (you need food, I need metal, you get 10 food a turn I get x metal) with the pact generating more or less influence depending on how good of a deal it is for your side. And then you have the option set the length, or extend those trade pacts.
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Re: An idea for diplomacy
I also suspect that moving in this direction is probably a good idea.Chasm wrote:Right now other factions call you up for favors, and realisticly after the 1st 1 or 2, it gets old. Currently the *requests* are 150 coin, 150 metal, or 10x10 food. How about trade deals? Alien race needs item X but can only offer a smaller quantity of y. And then you have the option of taking the deal or making it a gift for a higher boost to influence. Trade pacts could be done this way (you need food, I need metal, you get 10 food a turn I get x metal) with the pact generating more or less influence depending on how good of a deal it is for your side.
Events are potentially interesting because they put the AI in situations where it is willing to make significant trades with you (including but not limited to giving/demanding planets, treaties, or technology). And so I think it would be natural if many diplomatic events channeled you right into the trading interface, giving you a chance to negotiate a bit within whatever the constraints of that event might be.