[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Diplomacy

[Jason Dorje Short <vze49r5w@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> I suggest we change the condition for conducting diplomacy from having an
> embassy (as now) to merely having made contact.
>
> This will be a big change of gameplay; but that is also the only good
> reason I can see against it.
>
> Reasons for:
>   - It was this way in Civ2 (duh).
>   - Diplomats less important.
>   - No longer have to micromanage a diplomat into the land of each enemy
> to do diplomacy with him.
>   - It will be very hard to get diplomats to establish embassies with AIs
> (and players) with autoattack.
>   - AI diplomacy (coming soon) is much more fun this way.
>
> If nobody objects, I'll put this change into the AI diplomacy patch (two
> lines of code change).
What, then, is the point of having an embassy?

jason