Spy wont blow stuff up..

[frenzyfol]

In my current game I've move some spies into a rivals capitol in an attempt to try and destroy his production of his Apollo program..
I was quite peeved to find that the option to steal plans or destroy production was not accessible (greyed out).
So I tested a number of things....
I thought it might be that you cant destroy production on projects so I moved the spy to another city and tried to destroy production of a temple - same problem, all greyed out.
I thought it might be that I would have to be at war with the rival, so I declared war, still greyed out.

Whats going on..

The only other thing I can think is different than usual play is that I have already won the game via domination and continued to play.

This is warlords full update

[Tattila the Hun]

You lack money?

[dac]

The missions you have chosen are hideously expensive. The cheapest mission is blowing up a terrain improvement (farm, mine, windmill, etc) and on a normal size map at normal speed, even that costs 200 gold. I don't even want to think about what blowing up a wonder or a project would cost.

[Diadem]

Spy missions are terribly expensive.

That's why I only use spies to spy the enemy land, and occasionally to steal military secrets. Any other mission is, frankly, just not worth the bother.

[Shr3dZ]

Last night the AI had 4 turns left before finishing a SS part - was going to cost me over 800 gold... spy is useless, except for well, spying. More useful when you are in FR, and by then you ususally are anyways...

[Addled Platypus]

they make great tile sabator's

[Jaybe]

Sabotaging production with spies is expensive, and it only takes out half of the production to boot. But if you need to use it, you HAVE to have the gold!

I say to you Shr3dZ, you should have had the gold available (or not needed it)!

[snoopy369]

I'm not sure I agree that spies are hideously expensive... in any game where I'm not losing horribly, by the time I can use a spy I typically have a positive income at 100% science [and thus could have a few thousand gold in a short time span if I wanted to]...

[Kepler63]

Aren't spies useful for protecting you against enemy spies?

[Jaybe]

Originally posted by Kepler63
Aren't spies useful for protecting you against enemy spies?

No, none, not at all! What do you think this is, civ 2 or 3???

Use a combat unit to protect resources (like the AI does). It reduces the chance of successful sabotage. Having greater numbers of combat units in a city helps to protect against sabotage/espionage there.

EDIT: I do not know if the anti-espionage factors of units in the city are the same as their revolt-suppression is in a culturally threatened city. However, if the are, then you prefer modern units, not archers!!

[DrSpike]

The only use for spies is late on in the space race. You need a fair amount of cash.

[Boracks]

Spies can be useful when needed. I used a couple to blow up mines and sawmills, delaying a rival civ's last spaceship part by 4 turns, enabling me to win with 2 turns to spare.

[Makahlua]

Originally posted by Boracks
Spies can be useful when needed. I used a couple to blow up mines and sawmills, delaying a rival civ's last spaceship part by 4 turns, enabling me to win with 2 turns to spare.

See, -that's- how spies become useful; taking out strategic production squares in a tight SS race, or right before an invasion to slow down reenforcements

I wish we could have Diplomats back though, for Ancient-Reniassance Age map & military plan stealing!