Envoys and influence points

[grumble]

It is turn 101 and Norway has already got at least 10 envoys and Vietnam has at least 6.

I only have 3. How do the AIs manage to generate so many influence points so early in the game?

How can I do better?

[grognardgary]

They didn't most envoys come from development of civics in the early game. There are also dip policies that give a few dip points and one that gives you an extra envoy if you are the first to meet a given city state though unless you are playing an archipelago map it's availability is far too late in the game to matter, At least if you are doing huge continents map on marathon

[Stormwinds]

You can get
- 1 from the first meet
- 1 or more from a Tribal Village if you're lucky
- 1 from Mysticism civic
- 2 from Apadana (2 more for each wonder that city builds afterwards)
- 1 or 2 from fulfilling the City State quest depending on Age progression
- 1 just from influence even if you never leave Chiefdom
- 2 from Amani
- 1 from Theology civic
- 1 from Military Training civic

all within 100 turns on Standard speed.

[colostmy4]

Originally posted by Stormwinds:

You can get
- 1 from the first meet
- 1 or more from a Tribal Village if you're lucky
- 1 from Mysticism civic
- 2 from Apadana (2 more for each wonder that city builds afterwards)
- 1 or 2 from fulfilling the City State quest depending on Age progression
- 1 just from influence even if you never leave Chiefdom
- 2 from Amani
- 1 from Theology civic
- 1 from Military Training civic

all within 100 turns on Standard speed.

You can also get up to 8 envoys from Himiko if you play with heroes and legends.