A few more observations...

-Military access has definitely been devalued. Before I could offer access for just about anything and automatically get it. It was my main method for stopping Dagistan and Georgia from instaDOWing as Russia, by making them protectorates in exchange for unlimited access.
Now, nobody wants military access from me except the UK, who offered me 714 gold unlimited access.

-The weird territorial deals are back. The UK wanted Karelia for Jamaica and an alliance.



Has anybody tried trading technology yet? I believe they said that it's value had been increased significantly. Hopefully that means that player tech is just as valuable to the AI as it's own tech, 'cause I don't think I ever got it to succesfully give me technology for anything short of 1 tech for 1 (valuable) territory.