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trade
this game has amazing potential.
if it were possible to trade/barter/share/give gifts, this game would instantly become awesome. it opens up the diplomacy no end.
you should also be able to declare allies/neutral/enemy (in the beginning everyone is neutral) with anyone in particular, so that everyone else can see who you're in bed with. also, if you are allies it shouldn't be possible to attack, so that it doesn't happen accidentally.
if you decide to put this kind of system in, i'll force all of my friends to play this game.
i was thinking, the trade
i was thinking, the trade and diplomacy system of AOE II is pretty simple, effective and would make a great start for the system in FORCES.
AOE II trading
I don't know the AOE II system, is it easy to explain?
if you can find the game,
if you can find the game, give it a try.
basically:
everyone starts out "neutral". players can choose alliances or enemies with a simple menu which lists all the other players kinda like this:
Player 1: *Ally *Neutral *Enemy
Player 2: *Ally *Neutral *Enemy
Player 3: *Ally *Neutral *Enemy
and you tick an option. it can be a lot of fun. for example, you might say "give me lots of money and i'll be your ally and protect you". of course, back stabbing is possible here, and makes it all the more fun in my opinion.
other players can also see who is allied or not, so you can keep track of the politics/drama pretty easy.
very importantly, it's possible to give resources to whoever you want. you can make you own money/resource deals.
Dynamic allies sounds
Dynamic allies sounds good.
The resource trading would need to be modified in some way to avoid cheating. e.g. players with multiple accounts or friends loading up one player so they always win. Maybe if all trades had to be fair within a certain margin. So you could only trade total land worth "7" for land worth between 6 and 8 or something like that.
yeah, i can see how cheating
yeah, i can see how cheating like that could become a problem.
it never happened to me back in the day because i always played it at LAN parties.