Tech Steal Poll 3: How many turns to steal a tech (Police Station)

[Stalker0]

This is a quick series of polls to assess how "fast" should tech stealing actually be.

For this poll, its late in the game and your opponent has a constabulary and a police station in the city.

Assume you are decently behind in tech, and are using tech steals as a rubberband. For the poll, include ALL turns to generate the tech steal, including travel time, setup time, etc etc. Aka this is a spy you have just added to a civ to do tech steals.

 

[azum4roll]

What level is this spy?

 

[Phosphoraptor]

What level is this spy?

Ditto. At this stage it should be impractical to steal with lvl1s without boosts from wonders and policies.

 

[Stalker0]

This late in the game I would assume minimum lvl 2 spy, maybe lvl 3. Use what you think is most reasonable to your gameplay

 

[ma_kuh]

I feel like this is a recipe for mixed results.

For instance, if I feel like lvl 3 Spy should cancel out the Police Station, do I put down the same number I did for poll 1? Or do I put a bigger number, with the assumption that the lvl 3 spy will bring it back down to where I think it should be balanced?

 

[Stalker0]

I feel like this is a recipe for mixed results.

For instance, if I feel like lvl 3 Spy should cancel out the Police Station, do I put down the same number I did for poll 1? Or do I put a bigger number, with the assumption that the lvl 3 spy will bring it back down to where I think it should be balanced?

you should put the number that you would generally find at this point in teh game.

If you have mostly lvl 3 spies, than that's what I would assume. If its lvl 2, use those.

 

[azum4roll]

There are more spies available late game, so generally tech steals should be slower.

 

[bryanw1995]

how do you steal a tech with a lvl 1 spy? I don't even have the option to steal a stech unless spy is lvl 3.

 

[Anarcomu]

how do you steal a tech with a lvl 1 spy? I don't even have the option to steal a stech unless spy is lvl 3.

I think some action are, indeed, locked behind spy level, so short answer : you can't.

 

[Stalker0]

I think some action are, indeed, locked behind spy level, so short answer : you can't.

right now you can't, though some of the spy proposals being presented might change that.