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Gathering Storm
Rise and Fall
Cities
The World
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Air Combat
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Gold and the Economy
Faith and Religion
Diplomacy
Introduction
Diplomacy with Civilizations
Diplomatic Relationships
Trade, Demand, and Discuss
Delegations and Embassies
Open Borders
Defensive Pact
Joint War
Territory
Casus Belli
Agendas
Diplomatic Visibility and Gossip
Spies and Espionage
City-States
Trade
Governments and Policies
Great People
Nukes
Tourism
Victory and Defeat
Teams
Diplomatic Visibility and Gossip
Diplomatic Visibility and Gossip
Diplomatic Visibility allows you to receive Gossip, information about another player's actions. You gain more detailed Gossip based on your level of visibility, of which there are 5 levels: None, Limited, Open, Secret, and Top Secret. For example, when you have just met a civilization, you will receive information about their declarations of war, denouncements, friendships, alliances, and when they do something like found a Pantheon or complete a wonder. If you gain Limited Diplomatic Visibility, you will find out some information about their opinion of you and what government they have. At the Open level, you will have access to that civilization's diplomatic agendas, their relationships with other civilizations, and know when they have launched an inquisition.
You must accumulate Diplomatic Visibility levels individually for each civilization. You will receive a combat bonus for having a higher level of visibility on your opponent than they have back on you. Levels may be gained by accumulating various sources of Gossip, including:
Traders. Establish a
Trade Route to a civilization to increase visibility by one level.
Send a Delegation. Send a Delegation to a civilization to increase visibility by one level. Once Embassies are available, establishing an Embassy will replace this.
Send a spy on a Listening Post Mission. Performing the Listening Post mission in another civilization's city increases visibility by one or two levels (depending on the spy's experience).
Forming an Alliance. Alternatively to spying, you can form an alliance with a friendly civilization. These two actions do not add separate Diplomatic Visibility levels - it does no good to spy on your allies!
Research the Printing Press technology. This will increase your visibility with ALL civilizations by one level.
Play as Catherine de Medici. She gives France one level of access above normal at all times with civilizations she has met.
When you have Secret or Top Secret level visibility on a foreign civilization you can click on one of that civilization's city banners and view the City Details screen for that foreign city.
You must accumulate Diplomatic Visibility levels individually for each civilization. You will receive a combat bonus for having a higher level of visibility on your opponent than they have back on you. Levels may be gained by accumulating various sources of Gossip, including:
Traders. Establish a
Trade Route to a civilization to increase visibility by one level.Send a Delegation. Send a Delegation to a civilization to increase visibility by one level. Once Embassies are available, establishing an Embassy will replace this.
Send a spy on a Listening Post Mission. Performing the Listening Post mission in another civilization's city increases visibility by one or two levels (depending on the spy's experience).
Forming an Alliance. Alternatively to spying, you can form an alliance with a friendly civilization. These two actions do not add separate Diplomatic Visibility levels - it does no good to spy on your allies!
Research the Printing Press technology. This will increase your visibility with ALL civilizations by one level.
Play as Catherine de Medici. She gives France one level of access above normal at all times with civilizations she has met.
When you have Secret or Top Secret level visibility on a foreign civilization you can click on one of that civilization's city banners and view the City Details screen for that foreign city.
Diplomatic Visibility and Gossip
Diplomatic Visibility allows you to receive Gossip, information about another player's actions. You gain more detailed Gossip based on your level of visibility, of which there are 5 levels: None, Limited, Open, Secret, and Top Secret. For example, when you have just met a civilization, you will receive information about their declarations of war, denouncements, friendships, alliances, and when they do something like found a Pantheon or complete a wonder. If you gain Limited Diplomatic Visibility, you will find out some information about their opinion of you and what government they have. At the Open level, you will have access to that civilization's diplomatic agendas, their relationships with other civilizations, and know when they have launched an inquisition.
You must accumulate Diplomatic Visibility levels individually for each civilization. You will receive a combat bonus for having a higher level of visibility on your opponent than they have back on you. Levels may be gained by accumulating various sources of Gossip, including:
Traders. Establish a Trade Route to a civilization to increase visibility by one level.
Send a Delegation. Send a Delegation to a civilization to increase visibility by one level. Once Embassies are available, establishing an Embassy will replace this.
Send a spy on a Listening Post Mission. Performing the Listening Post mission in another civilization's city increases visibility by one or two levels (depending on the spy's experience).
Forming an Alliance. Alternatively to spying, you can form an alliance with a friendly civilization. These two actions do not add separate Diplomatic Visibility levels - it does no good to spy on your allies!
Research the Printing Press technology. This will increase your visibility with ALL civilizations by one level.
Play as Catherine de Medici. She gives France one level of access above normal at all times with civilizations she has met.
When you have Secret or Top Secret level visibility on a foreign civilization you can click on one of that civilization's city banners and view the City Details screen for that foreign city.
You must accumulate Diplomatic Visibility levels individually for each civilization. You will receive a combat bonus for having a higher level of visibility on your opponent than they have back on you. Levels may be gained by accumulating various sources of Gossip, including:
Traders. Establish a
Trade Route to a civilization to increase visibility by one level.Send a Delegation. Send a Delegation to a civilization to increase visibility by one level. Once Embassies are available, establishing an Embassy will replace this.
Send a spy on a Listening Post Mission. Performing the Listening Post mission in another civilization's city increases visibility by one or two levels (depending on the spy's experience).
Forming an Alliance. Alternatively to spying, you can form an alliance with a friendly civilization. These two actions do not add separate Diplomatic Visibility levels - it does no good to spy on your allies!
Research the Printing Press technology. This will increase your visibility with ALL civilizations by one level.
Play as Catherine de Medici. She gives France one level of access above normal at all times with civilizations she has met.
When you have Secret or Top Secret level visibility on a foreign civilization you can click on one of that civilization's city banners and view the City Details screen for that foreign city.
