Buying unit schemes is cheaper than reaseaching it.
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- Sebastiaan
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Buying unit schemes is cheaper than reaseaching it.
I notised that it is far more cheeper to buy a technology unit schemwe than to reseach it yourself. Also I notised that by simply trading reasearch you can get more research than your nabours. I think there is something wrong with the value of technology as it is currntly fixed. Rather, it should depend an how many region have it already research. Reseaching and trading tech chould be more like in civilisation in which tech that are alre3ady researched by most other nation is easier to reseach but it will also esier to buy it, while cutting edge reseach should be harder to get and much more expansive because no one else has it.
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Well... I have to argue about this relationship thing... As central america, I'm in war with the north american regions. I can't sue for peace (the civ rating is at zero) BUT I can buy any tech/unit design from any region, regardless if I'm in war with it or not. Even the civ rating is not taken into account for this activity.
Basically I stopped researching - it is so inefficient and slow, that it is easier and much faster to buy the necessary designs than waiting for years (to increase tech level, to research the necessary tech and design).
I bought even the F22 desing from US, which normally cannot be even researched by me.
Basically I stopped researching - it is so inefficient and slow, that it is easier and much faster to buy the necessary designs than waiting for years (to increase tech level, to research the necessary tech and design).
I bought even the F22 desing from US, which normally cannot be even researched by me.
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With the fact that there are two exploits currently possible, I can see where you could get this impression. Once the AI regions understand that trading something for a billion payed back over 12 years or daily offers of 10$ should not carry as much weight, you'll likely find it less willing to make the trades unless you have a very solid diplomatic relation.
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I don't remember the exact price, but I offered basically the same amount of money what was indicated as the value of the design on the diplomacy panel.
As I couldn't even research that design, I don't know what was the research cost of that. And we should not forget that before the actual research, I should have improve my tech level from 85 to above 100 (if I recall correctly, F22 is above tl 100). That is money and TIME
But for me this is not the main point - the strangest thing here that I got techs from the enemy without any restrictions.
As I couldn't even research that design, I don't know what was the research cost of that. And we should not forget that before the actual research, I should have improve my tech level from 85 to above 100 (if I recall correctly, F22 is above tl 100). That is money and TIME
But for me this is not the main point - the strangest thing here that I got techs from the enemy without any restrictions.
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We do intend to look at this more, like most aspects of the game, but if you trade the F-22 to some place like Burkina Faso as you suggest, you would be giving them 4 or 5 technologies with it including Stealth Aircraft Designs, Radar Absorbant Materials, Jet Thrust Vectoring, Fly by Wire... You can't give a tech without its prereq technologies, so you end up giving them everything they need to produce the aircraft and all its component parts.
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And that is the real problem - wonder who from them will understand this technology ?
And what about manufacturing plants, I have serious doubts they`ve so good engineers and machines.
Better example is a nuclear technology, to have a knoledge how to make them is a piece of cake, but to get right materials - that is a serious problem.
PS. SR is a really great game, otherwise I won`t waste my time to write all my posts
Wish you to get a lot of money from it
And what about manufacturing plants, I have serious doubts they`ve so good engineers and machines.
Better example is a nuclear technology, to have a knoledge how to make them is a piece of cake, but to get right materials - that is a serious problem.
PS. SR is a really great game, otherwise I won`t waste my time to write all my posts
Wish you to get a lot of money from it
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