Varying Weapons Accuracy

[Arkcon]

[quote]Originally posted by PvK:
I don't think you're right about giving away construction when you gift fighters.
[qb]

PvK

Umm.. no I meant when you gift the technology named Fighters 1 or Beam Weapons 1. The gift will go through, but you scientists will say they can't understand it without Construction or Physics 1, either researched by you or given as a gift

[PvK]

Oh, ok, I just misunderstood what you were saying about that.

PvK

[Fyron]

Originally posted by PvK:
I don't think this works, either, in SE4. In SE3, yes, they'd give you points per level, because SE3 had a more detailed and controllable research system (...). In SE4, it always looked to me like a tech gift clears any progress you had built up in that tech area, which more or less makes sense.

PvK

If you have 3k points in, say, Shields 1, and someone gives it to you (or you analyze a ship, or find it in Ruins), then you get those 3k points credited to Shields 2. They are not lost. They are only lost if you get the Last level in a tech area.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
If you have 3k points in, say, Shields 1, and someone gives it to you (or you analyze a ship, or find it in Ruins), then you get those 3k points credited to Shields 2. They are not lost. They are only lost if you get the Last level in a tech area.

Yeah, that's what happens. I often do that when analyzing techs... who wants the same tech as some potential opponent ... what you want is to be one better.

In another 4X space game, I would often trade weapon tech with the AI races, even the violent ones, so they would be a better buffer zone against other AI's. I just made real sure I was about to get a better weapon for myself.

I understand trading tech with the AI is cheezy. But I think the sort of problems I mentioned already that I saw in PBW need fixing. I'm not taking advantage of a human when they accept the trade.

[dogscoff]

To get around this problem, switch of tech trading in PBW games and force the players to trade and analyse ships if they want to trade techs.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
To get around this problem, switch of tech trading in PBW games and force the players to trade and analyse ships if they want to trade techs.

Agreed, it's easy enough to work around. But seriously, why is it like that -- so you don't take advantage of the AI? Is that so important?

[Gryphin]

Arkcon,
If you are asking if it is important not to take advantage of the AI the answer is Yes and No.
It is a matter of Play Style. Many people here fight the AI with self imposed restrictions.
Some won't trade tech and others won't use Training Facilites.