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Originally posted by raynor:
I don't know that it is broken. But it certainly is a bit counter-intuitive. I still prefer the MOO approach where you spent production to create spies that can be devoted to either offensive projects or defensive projects. As long as you have one spy, none of the enemy projects can break through. So, a huge empire can afford to produce 100 spies and then stop spending production on spies until that number gets killed off my enemy projects.
Of course, this system has its flaws as pointed out by the other post: Is it really fair that production spent on intel 20 years ago stops a current day project? On the other hand, there should definitely be some bonus for a well-established intel network. For that reason, I prefer the MOO setup.
You are mistaken about spies in MOO. Don't assume that you are always informed when your technology is stolen in MOO. You are not. You'd better keep a 1-1 or better ratio of your defensive spies to the offensive spies from your enemies or you are losing information whether you hear about it or not.
Re: Proposed counter intelligence fix
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