{"id":1169,"date":"2009-02-04T15:24:36","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T19:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/04\/diplomacy-improved-in-empire-total-war\/"},"modified":"2009-02-04T15:24:36","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T19:24:36","slug":"diplomacy-improved-in-empire-total-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/04\/diplomacy-improved-in-empire-total-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplomacy Improved in Empire: Total War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over on Gamespot, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/pc\/strategy\/empiretotalwar\/news.html?sid=6204002&#038;mode=previews\">Andrew Park has uploaded an interview with Creative Assembly&#8217;s James Russell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Key bits include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deeper diplomatic model:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>These relationships provide the backdrop to the negotiations that players will be involved with as they strive to develop a network of trade partners and allies, or negotiate military access to enable them to further their expansion. Throwing a nation a suitable gift before asking for a trade agreement or a particular technology trade can often help grease the wheels of negotiation. Similarly, don&#8217;t expect a rival to roll out the democratic red carpet if you&#8217;ve previously proven untrustworthy. The AI has a far better recollection of previous events than ever before, and it will bear grudges or honor sacrifices. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>AI nations will have national or leader specific tactics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Units can be built by generals in the field, not just at cities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A class system will govern national satisfaction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raiders and trade<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Commerce-raiding a rival nation&#8217;s trade routes on land and sea is a very effective strategy to boost your own coffers, whilst inflicting hefty damage to an enemy&#8217;s economy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With both <em>Sims 3<\/em> and <em>Dragon Age: Origins<\/em> now pushed later, my spring will probably be consumed by Empire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over on Gamespot, Andrew Park has uploaded an interview with Creative Assembly&#8217;s James Russell. Key bits include: Deeper diplomatic model: These relationships provide the backdrop to the negotiations that players will be involved with as they strive to develop a network of trade partners and allies, or negotiate military access to enable them to further [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28,2],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5GFeQ-iR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}