Spies - Diplomatic Agents

from Elemental Forums

One of the things I believe is lacking from all version of the game has been the insight to what other factions are doing. You can find out who they like etc but but you have no idea to the extent of their empire, number of cities the balance of their forces the boundaries of their empire etc etc.

 

I feel the game would benefit from a mid game unit/building that could provide intelligence on other factions. The closer you are to the faction the cheap it would be and the more info you could get. At the basic level you would get 

 

1. number of cities/citiziens income etc

2. extent of their boundaries, i.e., you could see their empire on the map.

3. battles waged - get a quick over view of who they were fighting and the results of the battles.

 

I think an intelligence building would be the best option. You could assign gold per faction, more required for hostile. Maybe have it so that when at war agents stop sending info.

 

 

 

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

You can access much of this info via the Govern tab, then selecting Faction Relations. This will show you the state of your relations, any wars the are engaged in, the number of cities each opponent has, total population, as well as their research and military ratings, and resources.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

In addition, you can also see the main focus of their gameplay plus their general character via the Foreign Relations tab, whether they are war hungry or economic settlers.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I would like to be able to see other parts of the world. If not spies how about a scrying spell?