Does anyone know (or is anyone interested in experimenting to find out) how much tech prices go down depending on how many civs know a tech in PTW 1.14? If we do try to bring Vox in on the Great Library deal, it would be nice to have a clearer picture of that.
Basically, the idea I've been tossing around in my mind is to give Vox a dirt cheap price on techs on the conditions that (1) they buy all their tech from us and (2) they don't sell or trade what they get from us. To make that work, the price would need to be significantly cheaper than if they research half the tech themselves and trade it to another civ that's also lagging behind for the other half. (After all, they probably won't want to do something that profits us unless they stand to gain quite a bit too.) Vox would get a good deal, and we would get a little extra gold above and beyond what we save from not doing our own research. We'd also give Vox a credit toward tech purchases in exchange for contributing a worker or two to the project (and they'd have to contribute at least one to lock in the special prices).
Anyhow, that's the direction my own thoughts have been going in terms of a possible deal. If anyone wants to outline any alternative concepts, please do so, but please keep in mind that Vox will be friendlier and more stable if we don't try to squeeze them for everything we can possibly get.
Nathan
Basically, the idea I've been tossing around in my mind is to give Vox a dirt cheap price on techs on the conditions that (1) they buy all their tech from us and (2) they don't sell or trade what they get from us. To make that work, the price would need to be significantly cheaper than if they research half the tech themselves and trade it to another civ that's also lagging behind for the other half. (After all, they probably won't want to do something that profits us unless they stand to gain quite a bit too.) Vox would get a good deal, and we would get a little extra gold above and beyond what we save from not doing our own research. We'd also give Vox a credit toward tech purchases in exchange for contributing a worker or two to the project (and they'd have to contribute at least one to lock in the special prices).
Anyhow, that's the direction my own thoughts have been going in terms of a possible deal. If anyone wants to outline any alternative concepts, please do so, but please keep in mind that Vox will be friendlier and more stable if we don't try to squeeze them for everything we can possibly get.
Nathan
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