"Stolen Tech" flag

[Leon Trotsky]

From "Info: Diplomats and Spies"

http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum1/HTML/001678.html?30

Steal technology
11.1 Once you steal technology from certain city (with spy or diplomat), this city gets a flag that affects all next (for all remaining game??) tries (of ALL civs) to steal technology from this city: diplomats are prevented from doing it and spies are not able to precise an advance (citizens are "vigilent and wary" ).

Would it be practical for close allies to steal each other's tech instead of trading them? Is there an official position on that? Would that be a way of cheating?

[rjmatsleepers]

It sounds like an exploit to me. And presumably it would only be of value in MP. MP players need to make their minds up as to whether it's allowed in their games.

RJM at Sleeper's

[Harry Tuttle]

What would be the benefit of stealing the techs?

[rjmatsleepers]

Presumably it prevents others stealing techs from that city. It could possibly be used in a scenario to make techs more difficult to steal.

RJM at Sleeper's

[Harry Tuttle]

Originally posted by rjmatsleepers
Presumably it prevents others stealing techs from that city. It could possibly be used in a scenario to make techs more difficult to steal.

RJM at Sleeper's

Ah, gotcha.

[Ecthy]

What I hate about OCC is that they'll only send a diplomat to steal space flight or plastics in the late game. If they did that trick earlier with pottery or something the game would be much easier to win

[atomant]

I was under the impression that it only prevented the civilisation stealing the tech from stealing any more from that city? Or am I mistaken, and it prevents all other civs from stealing technologies from that particular city?

[Elephant]

I believe the suspicion that a stolen tech affects all civs was not conclusively proven, but there were several posts affirming based on past experience.

[Ecthy]

Anyone know more about this?