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Nationalism is one of the techs the AI is very reluctant to trade. It will be expensive for a long time. If I trade for it I will wait for a very long time. Hoping to find a civ under stress that I can make a better deal for it.
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Certainly not helped with C3C. The extra goodies loaded into it only serve to hint even more to the AI to hang on to it for all time
Same would go for Replacement Parts, I'd guess. I'd certainly be wary about giving it to you lot, anyway
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I give away old tech like crazy... as I like to play pristinely from a reputation / attitude perspective, this usually means that even at the end of a game, any (surviving) civs are polite or gracious.
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Maybe it's just because I'm still on lower levels(on my scond regent game right now), but the AI never seems to have anything worthwhile to trade in my games. They always seem to have little or no gold and be behind me in technology, I only ever need to trade with them for resources or world maps, or the occasional optional tech that I'd skipped myself.
Also, I was messing around today with what I read was a common strategy of having no science and full tax, and buying all your tech from the AIs. When I tried this though, after finding the first three other civs they were all around 5 techs ahead of me and it cost all my gold just to buy one. Not sure where I've been going wrong.Comment
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Yes, it's due to the level of play.Maybe it's just because I'm still on lower levels(on my scond regent game right now), but the AI never seems to have anything worthwhile to trade in my games. They always seem to have little or no gold and be behind me in technology
Regarding the tech buying thing... well, I never really did that, so I can't offer any help there.
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That tactic was not intended for anything below Monarch and probably requires Emperor to be useful. At Regent, you will have to do nearly all your own research or the game will slow way down.Originally posted by steoc4
Maybe it's just because I'm still on lower levels(on my scond regent game right now), but the AI never seems to have anything worthwhile to trade in my games. They always seem to have little or no gold and be behind me in technology, I only ever need to trade with them for resources or world maps, or the occasional optional tech that I'd skipped myself.
Also, I was messing around today with what I read was a common strategy of having no science and full tax, and buying all your tech from the AIs. When I tried this though, after finding the first three other civs they were all around 5 techs ahead of me and it cost all my gold just to buy one. Not sure where I've been going wrong.
It also benefits from having contacts with all the civs as that will make techs cheaper. You would want to stop it after Education and universities, I would think.
I would also wonder if it is applicable now with C3C and 50 turn research. You have to watch out for some tactics as new versions and patches have come out and changed the mechanics of the game. (IMO)Comment
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