PBEM Probe Team actions

[Leon Trotsky]

Correct me if I'm wrong:
Probe Teams always have success in multiplayer, hence the rule:

# If an aggressive probe action (anything except infiltration) is used on a faction you have a truce, treaty or pact with, you must select 'Declare Vendetta' in the dialog box that appears afterwards, and notify the victim of your transgression, unless you have received permission in advance. No notification is required in other cases.

But wouldn't it be better* to calculate the chances separately using a tiny program (it isn't even a program)? I think that if you can trust someone to tell wether he has had succeeded or not, it is possible to ask for this as well. It just disappoints me that Probe rating only affects the subvert cost, and it also loses some of the intrigue involved in covert ops.

*=provided that the chances are displayed, otherwise this thread is somewhat pointless.

[Chaos Theory]

AFAIK, probe operations are only as successful as they are in single player.

The rule exists because the wrong player (the prober, instead of the probee) receives the option to declare vendetta. The probee never even receives notification from the game.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Chaos Theory
AFAIK, probe operations are only as successful as they are in single player.

The rule exists because the wrong player (the prober, instead of the probee) receives the option to declare vendetta. The probee never even receives notification from the game.

That was my understanding as well.

[Leon Trotsky]

Originally posted by Chaos Theory
AFAIK, probe operations are only as successful as they are in single player.

The rule exists because the wrong player (the prober, instead of the probee) receives the option to declare vendetta. The probee never even receives notification from the game.

I was aware of the latter, but not of the former. Perhaps the wording of the rule confused me. Thanks for the information.