Galactic Privateer Bug

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Hi all,

Just finished an awesome game where I had the luxury of choosing to go for a tech, influence or a military victory. I chose to wipe everyone out. As usual, I'd like to say that I love this game and thank Stardock for making it. I'm looking forward to the expansion.

I noticed something that seems to be a bug while playing through this game. I built the "Galactic Privateer" achievement, which prevents your freighters from being attacked. At one point, I declared war against the Drengin and noticed that their fleets would constantly follow my mini-freighters as they flew along the trade routes I had established, trying to attack them. Since I had the Privateer, they were not able to, but the Drengin AI didn't seem to take this into account and so kept attempting to attack them each turn. They would continue to focus exclusively on the mini-freighters, even when I flew one of my own fleets right near theirs. They would also stack up multiple fleets around my mini-freighters, which sucked up a considerable amount of their military resources and made them quite easy to wipe out.

Not that I minded, of course.

Thanks,

Druuush the Infectious
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes, this has been mentioned before. It is an exploit that a player can use to win a war against the AI. It's been around since GC2 came out, in one form or another. I never build the galactic privateer myself so have never seen it.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ahh, ok. Thanks.

I did a quick search through the forum posts and didn't see it mentioned so I thought it was worth posting. Glad to know that the Stardock team is aware of it.

Time to start another game...

Druuush the Conqueror
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Aye, I've seen this during a game started during version 1.2. My mini-freighters wouldn't be destroyed, but they wouldn't move, either. They'd be 'stalled' in their route. I suppose this can be exploited in its own way, as if they're 'stalled' at the furthest end of their run, it would sit them at their highest trade value, right?
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
This is still a problem in 1.40RC1.051. Freighters continue to operate normally, but the enemy AI continually tries to attack them. 18 times each turn. Per fleet.