Ceding control of a base

[Leon Trotsky]

How do you hand over a base in multiplayer?



Edit: sorry, this goes in the help forum.

[Maniac]

You can't, except by letting the other player capture it after declaring war.

Though it might in theory be possible with Codicil using some human-AI player switches.

[Flubber]

Re: Ceding control of a base

Originally posted by Leon Trotsky
How do you hand over a base in multiplayer?



Edit: sorry, this goes in the help forum.

a qualification to what Maniac said-- you can't give a base to another human controlled faction but you definitely CAN give one to an AI using the same method as in Single player

[Kataphraktoi]

Why cant you do the gift base option like normal? Isnt there a button for in in diplo screen? (Cant remember)

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Kataphraktoi
Why cant you do the gift base option like normal? Isnt there a button for in in diplo screen? (Cant remember)

You can gift a base to the AI just like normal in the diplo screen by offering a gift and then making it a base instead of cash or tech

But the diplo screen for human-human contact is very different as you know and provides no such option.

I have seen this question asked before and the answer was always that it can't be done

[Kataphraktoi]

I thought there was even an exploit where bases traded back and fourth could be used for 2x production(or how many times you traded them)

Or maybe im thinking civ2 here.

[Kataphraktoi]

nope bases cannot be traded. that sucks

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Kataphraktoi
nope bases cannot be traded.

Didn't you believe me??

Originally posted by Kataphraktoi
that sucks

I don't know that I agree. Giving or trading bases is pretty artificial anyway. You can really abuse the AI that way by giving them a crappy base and then proberaping it

[Chaunk]

And also by trading them crummy size 1 outpost base near the front line for their uber size 14 base with 6 SPs in it.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Chaunk
And also by trading them crummy size 1 outpost base near the front line for their uber size 14 base with 6 SPs in it.

IIRC that was an early bug that some patch along the way corrected.

Apparently something in the formula for the AI in calculating the "worth" of a base got reversed. So the more one-sided the trade in your favor, the better the AI liked it

[Kataphraktoi]

I don't know that I agree. Giving or trading bases is pretty artificial anyway. You can really abuse the AI that way by giving them a crappy base and then proberaping it

When self moderated, its very good. for example, AI xyz colonized a island in the center of map, but i didnt want to fight for it. i make 4 CP and sail them to a nice island near me with decent resources and do the trade. one of my favourite things as it seems so realistic-along that line, i would make borders, and border claims, negotiable

whoops, got talking about smax2...

[Kataphraktoi]

Linky Infact here is a discussion of using codicil for base trading...

Its scary sometimes how i can find a thread for ANY topic

[Leon Trotsky]

Originally posted by Flubber
Giving or trading bases is pretty artificial anyway.

There is a special case, though: a simultaneous invasion that results in bases alternatively owned by two factions. Whilst it would ensure good ralationships between pact brothers, it could prove annoying among casual allies.