Thank you for the no tech trading option!!!

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Drakken

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• Oct 27, 2005

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Ever since I started playing civilization... (with build # 2) I always played the game never trading technologies with the computer players. It was the one exploit I felt that a savvy player could use to total advantage in the game. This is mostly due to the computer players being horrible negotiators. Often I could trade one tech for 4 or 5 others... The no tech trading option is the feature I was most hoping for in the game and have lobbied for it for years.

Next game you can make my day by using a hex based map!

Thank you Firaxis. No tech trading it is a gift from the gods...

 

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butlerj1982

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• Oct 27, 2005

• #2

There is tech trading. You need to research Alphabet to make it possible.

 

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Eyemaze

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• Oct 27, 2005

• #3

it is also a game rule option, that is what the op is referring to.

 

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azurefx

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• Oct 27, 2005

• #4

He means there's an option when you start a game to disable tech trading entirly.

 

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Drakken

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• Oct 27, 2005

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Yes I'm talking about the options screen when making a costom game. So far my "no tech trading" game is going great and I'm actually losing on monarch level without the AI's trading tons of techs... I am very pleased!

Does anyone else play this way?

 

Mujadaddy

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• Oct 27, 2005

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Drakken said:

Yes I'm talking about the options screen when making a costom game. So far my "no tech trading" game is going great and I'm actually losing on monarch level without the AI's trading tons of techs... I am very pleased!

Does anyone else play this way?

Click to expand...

I'm about to start!! I have a feeling that the other continent's civs are ahead of me in tech because of their proximity, not their productivity.

 

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wooga

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• Oct 27, 2005

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I used to hate how AI civs would trade too frequently with each other. I always had to foment wars between civs in order to keep my games from following an absurdly fast tech rate (at least on pangea games with lots of enemies).

 

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bugmenot17

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• Oct 27, 2005

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Even with the tech trading allowed, the computer is not sharing much tech. On my game, we are in the modern times, and Russia has leaped ahead in the tech race. She is using her higher tech to basically attack anyone closing in on her #1 point position. Me, USA, and Persia are all allying against her though, because none of us can withstand an attack from her high tech weaponry

 

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nomikos

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• Oct 28, 2005

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I also would like to applaud having this CHOICE! I love it!

But I do wish the techs would still show up on the trading screen (in red, like other items/cities/actions the AI won't do/trade for) for reference. Otherwise it's hard to tell what techs a civ has...

Perhaps it will be patched, or modded in. Here's hoping. Thanks!



Choice is great. Thanks!

 

EdCase

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• Oct 28, 2005

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To nomikis....
Intriguing idea, but I'd rather have to "work" to see their techs so I'd like to see a "spy out tech level" option...(perhaps phrased more eloquently )

 

Adam7Eight

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• Oct 29, 2005

• #11

No tech trading rules. Definately a welcomed option in my book.