Two techs per round?

[livid imp]

I thought I had read references to this, is it possible? Other than using a AA and the like. One tech per round is certainly easy enough to obtain, but two?

[Googlie]

Check my .sav file posted here. 4 Techs per turn.

(And this is an AI faction, not me - I'm playing as Sparta)

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[livid imp]

I am at work and can't open a game, I'll try to download it at home this weekend. Until then, how many labs (roughly) does it take to get two techs per turn. How quickly can you obtain such a level of labs?

[Flubber]

I think my best was something like 5 or 6 but that was with the entire tech tree discovered , the map covered and the AI down to a single base. It was getting ridiculous as each turn I was discovering more techs than the turn before as more and more population ( mainly transcendii) and satellites came online. I figured if I kept going and the tech cost did not SKYROCKET, it would be possibe to go to even higher numbers of techs per turn.. But that was just silliness.


In a real game I have gotten 2 techs in a turn in a PBEM I am in right now. I am the Drones and managed it a couple of times about a 110 years in when I went knowledge and cybernetic to go with FM-- I had the sliders at 80 or 90% Labs.

Even now I am getting just in excess of a tech a turn at 50% Labs while running PLanned, Eudomania and knowledge (I am building a lot of nanohospitals and +5 industry was just too sweet). I expect when I switch back to cybernetic that I will easily get in excess of 2 techs a turn and actually might even make a play on getting 3 if I run the allocations up to 100% Labs ( all the transcendii mean you will still get some cash).

[CEO Aaron]

Multiple techs per turn is definitely achievable with solid play, especially in late game. If your tech rate gets high enough, you reach a point where you'll accrue more points in future tech than you lose through not transcending, so the highest theoretical score would be a game where you transcended at the last possible moment before mandatory retirement. Of course, it would be really boring.

[AndiD]

Let's see how many techs per turn we will be getting in the ACDG3. ;-)

[livid imp]

So I assume you get these kinds of numbers by just filling up the map with cities and building all tech facilities? I'm a few cities and energy park kinda guy. I actually hate too much micromanagement.

[CEO Aaron]

Your assumption would be correct. Lots of highly advanced bases with lots of specialists.

[Googlie]

and lots of power satellites, too

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Googlie
and lots of power satellites, too

yup

cloning vats+CBA with nutrient satellites allowing more and more specialists and power stellites as well. It actually gets really silly when you have dozens of size 30,40 ,50 bases. Thats why most players have never tried a highest score challenge since you have to keep playing with hundreds of bases and just build more and more satellites


But two techs a turn is VERY achievable. If I am doing it with the Drones and their inherent -2 Research, just imagine what the University could do

[Archaic]

*Has never acheived more than 1 tech a turn, even though he uses Uni almost to the exclusion of all other factions*

*Is ashamed*

[Blake]

Bear in mind it is far, far easier to get several techs per turn on smaller maps. It's rather hard on a huge map. It is also a fair bit harder with blind research, because you get so much "fluff" tech rather than techs that help increase your research rate.

[Flubber]

In fairness My drone game where I have gotten 2 techs a turn is on the veterans map at CGN . . . each player has several landmarks on one of the 4 identical landmasses.

So its not a normal map BUT on the flip side, there were 3 human opponents and NO AI .. . so no easy conquest and I have been in some protracted wars that have drained a lot of resources away

[Enigma_Nova]

Might I advise that next time you be on the 0wning end rather than the 0wn3d end?

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Enigma_Nova
Might I advise that next time you be on the 0wning end rather than the 0wn3d end?

what does this mean??