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I've read the forums for a bit, and I haven't seen any mention of this abusive strategy that I just discovered, so I'm wondering if it's a bug?
My galaxy is set to gigantic, and all races have normal AI. I am playing v1.0.
I was in a fierce, long battle with the Drengin,and although I was winning (barely), my economy was going down the drain. At certain times during the long war, I was near debt, and my trade routes were attacked and destroyed. It got to the point where I had government spending set to 0%, and I was gaining only ~6 BC per month. (sidenote: While I was at war with the Drengin, I was also at war with the Altarians and Torians, but they weren't much of a factor. It was mainly the Drengin)
I don't really now how it got to this point. Maybe I built too many social structures? Or maybe I had too many ships, I don't know. But, my maintenance was eating up most of my taxes.
Anyway, I got quite desperate, and since my newly acquired Drengin star systems were on the verge of defecting to the I-League (the star systems had extremeley low morale), I decided to sell one star system to the Altarians (after making peace with them). This is what I got for that star system:
1) ~6000 BC in tribute for the next 999,999 months
2) ~14,000 influence points
3) 5 additional technologies
4) 2 trade goods (forgot what they were)
5) All Altarian ships + starbases
I sold another star system to the Arcean's and an additional one to the Altarian's, and I got similar deals.
Tribute to me is now set at 35,000 BC per month. I control +60% of the United Galaxy (or whatever).
Is this an abusive strategy that has been overlooked? Or is my difficulty setting too low?
Also, I might have a strong case supporing a cheating AI. When I sold the first star system to the Altarians, they had ~6000 BC. They were paying me ~6000 BC per month, but every time I checked their stats, the Alterians were gaining money! How is this possible?
Now the Alterians pay me around 28,000 BC per month in tribute, and they are still sitting on a few thousand BC. I haven't seen them in debt once, and the Altarians only have access to 4-5 star systems. How is this possible?
Finally, if you use a little imagination, this can be a really abusve strat. Before you invade a race, trade them a cheap star system for everything they have. Then once you start your invasion, take back the star system you traded, and sweep a race that just traded you all its ships/starbases.
My galaxy is set to gigantic, and all races have normal AI. I am playing v1.0.
I was in a fierce, long battle with the Drengin,and although I was winning (barely), my economy was going down the drain. At certain times during the long war, I was near debt, and my trade routes were attacked and destroyed. It got to the point where I had government spending set to 0%, and I was gaining only ~6 BC per month. (sidenote: While I was at war with the Drengin, I was also at war with the Altarians and Torians, but they weren't much of a factor. It was mainly the Drengin)
I don't really now how it got to this point. Maybe I built too many social structures? Or maybe I had too many ships, I don't know. But, my maintenance was eating up most of my taxes.
Anyway, I got quite desperate, and since my newly acquired Drengin star systems were on the verge of defecting to the I-League (the star systems had extremeley low morale), I decided to sell one star system to the Altarians (after making peace with them). This is what I got for that star system:
1) ~6000 BC in tribute for the next 999,999 months
2) ~14,000 influence points
3) 5 additional technologies
4) 2 trade goods (forgot what they were)
5) All Altarian ships + starbases
I sold another star system to the Arcean's and an additional one to the Altarian's, and I got similar deals.
Tribute to me is now set at 35,000 BC per month. I control +60% of the United Galaxy (or whatever).
Is this an abusive strategy that has been overlooked? Or is my difficulty setting too low?
Also, I might have a strong case supporing a cheating AI. When I sold the first star system to the Altarians, they had ~6000 BC. They were paying me ~6000 BC per month, but every time I checked their stats, the Alterians were gaining money! How is this possible?
Now the Alterians pay me around 28,000 BC per month in tribute, and they are still sitting on a few thousand BC. I haven't seen them in debt once, and the Altarians only have access to 4-5 star systems. How is this possible?
Finally, if you use a little imagination, this can be a really abusve strat. Before you invade a race, trade them a cheap star system for everything they have. Then once you start your invasion, take back the star system you traded, and sweep a race that just traded you all its ships/starbases.
