by Citizen The_Baron - 10/15/2003 12:23:44 PM
say i want to ally with anoth civ. How exactly to i get them to be be close, i can get friendly but no matter what i do they seem to stay there, i've already researched alliances.
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I can't give you a 100% sure way to get close with an AI civ, but establishing trade routes is probably the best way.
If AI the civ is of good alignment it also helps to be good yourself or at least neutral.
It's usually also better if your military is not significantly weaker the the AI's.
Finally it's my experience that if an AI civ is at war with other AI civs it will tend to try to keep better relations with the remaining civs including yours.
      
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There are four main things that affect how an empire sees you in terms of "closeness".
1) How dependent their economy is on you.
Basically if a large % of their economy comes from trade with you, they will like you more and more as time goes on. Therefore its good to have a lot of trade routes with a race that you want to be allies with.
2) Morality
If they are of the same morality as you, they are a lot more likely to get to "close" relations. If you are both "good", then this is usually pretty easy. Evil races are a little less likely to buddy up.
3) What have done for me lately?
What I mean by this is bribes. You can give an AI a gift in the form of money, ships, IP votes, etc. A gift every 3 or 4 turns can quickly raise your relations level.
4) Military might.
If you be the king of the hill so to speak, everybody is much more likely to love you. They will become "groupies".
Hope this helps
      
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by Citizen The_Baron - 10/15/2003 1:51:10 PM
i see, well 30% comes from me in trade, but i spose i could do more. hmm thanks for the input
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30% is pretty good. I suggest giving them free gifts instead.
      
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It's quite simple really only ever bother trading with good civilizations and the minors. Beacause they get on extremly well with all other civs (except the evil ones) you can get them to close in no time at all.
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