Rise of Civilizations [Concluded]

[Lucjan]

I've heard the prospect of spies mentioned twice now and haven't really said anything myself on it..

My stance on spies is - players can do that themselves. That's really the best way, in my personal opinion, to represent that.

If you want to know who somebody is allied to, ask whoever marches an army that way first. Because I can almost guarantee as soon as someone marches a large army at someone, the word between allies will start buzzing about and troops will start moving. So if, say, the HRE marches towards France on turn 4, and on turn 5 we see France, Spain, and Rome all mobilizing forces, there's really only one question that remains. Who is marching in France's defence, and who is marching to snatch a chunk from France's behind?

[Warluster]

I would never invade France (only if there askign for it!)


I have no thoguths for now, and I wish all Kings luck (Including SUltans-Tsars,etc,etc)

[Csargo]

Is there a certain percent of our first city's population that we draw from to recruit troops?

[CountArach]

Pirating - Price Guide

I have decided to go ahead with my pirating idea. It could add some interesting situations to the game. However, I am going to put myself up for hire. The prices for which are as follows (Don't worry, there will be examples at the end ). Note that all prices are negotiable, and subject to change.

Base Price
Size of city - Price:

Size 1 - 600 Gold
Size 2 - 1000 Gold
Size 3 - 1600 Gold
Size 4 - 2400 Gold
Size 5 - 3500 Gold

In addition to this you must pay for 1 turn worth of the upkeep of the size of the army that you choose for the raid (See below).

Price Modifiers
If the raid takes me inland then it costs you an extra 50% of the base price, due to the risk involved.

Attacking the capital costs an extra 50% of the base price

Attacking a region with a castle in it costs an extra 50% of the base price.

If I fight a battle you must pay the equivalent value of the men that I lost within that battle.

If the area I am fighting falls within my homelands or sphere of influence then I will do the mission for half the price if you leave the land unoccupied and I am able to recolonise it later.

Late payments will not be tolerated! If you have not paid two turns after I have attacked the person, I will reveal that you commissioned the attack, and I will raid several of your towns, as well as offering my services at half price to the person you commissioned the attack against. So pay back on time!

Army Selection
When commissioning a job you will get a selection of the troops currently available. The list will be updated each turn. As said you must pay 1 turns worth of upkeep for the units you hire out. The minimum number of men at the moment that can be hired is 500.

Notes on Diplomacy
I am willing to take both sides of a conflict. If someone hires me to fight you, what better way to get back at them than to commission me to raid some of their cities? In cases such as this I will enter negotiations and the highest bidder will win.

I will not attack my allies at any time, well at least not without a large amount of money being offered

If you wish you can negotiate paying tribute with me to make yourself exempt from my wrath. This will only be broken for a really good price. My word is good on this one.

You can ask to remain annonymous, though I reserve the right to tell who commissioned the attack if I so wish, without any reason.

Notes on Homelands and Sphere of Influence

Homelands are locations that I have deemed to be worth of inhabitation by "true" Corsicans. They are all islands in the western Medditerranean and are as follows:

Corsica
Sardinia
Sicily
Malta
Balearic Isles

My sphere of influence is the area over which I like to be involved and will consider establishing colonies. As said, any jobs commissioned in these areas will be done at half price, however I will want a personal guarantee that you will defend me in case of attack, which is likely in places such as this. They are as follows:

Crete
Rhodes
Cyprus
Southern Italy
Southern France
Eastern and Southern Iberia
North Africa from Cyrene West

Examples

There are three players in all of these. Player A, Player B and Myself.

Example 1
Player A commissions me to attack a Port City of Player B. It is level 2, and outside my sphere of influence. He chooses to attack with 1000 Men, all of which are Infantry.
First off he pays me the upkeep cost of the infantry. This needs to be paid in advance. The total is 250 Gold. Then I conduct the raid. First I declare war on player B, then I move my soldiers onto the port town. There is no garrison or local soldiers, so I destroy the town. At this point he needs to pay me 1000 Gold for the job.

Example 2
This time Player A wants me to attack a level 3 city of Player B, however it is inland. Yet the good thing for Player A is that the city falls withing my sphere of influence and he has agreed to let me colonise the land. He chooses to attack with 500 men this time, however they are all cavalry. This is 375 Gold that needs to be paid in advance.
The pricing of the rest is as follows:
Level 3 City 1600 Gold
Inland + 800 (Half of Base)
Total 2400 Gold
Inside sphere of influence is half price

So total is 1200 Gold.

So yeah, any questions?

[Lucjan]

Ichigo - For the sake of keeping recruitment simple, let's go with our "population" being the number of adult males in the city.

CountArach - Sounds like it could be dirt cheap or really pricey depending on the locale and how the commissioner plays his cards...interesting idea.