741 gpt for Electronics: yes or no?

[Aggie]

Well, I accepted the offer and after 10 turns the deal is still on! So I already got 7410 gold! Unbelievable that the AI still keeps on researching in a crazy pace. They got Flight and Amphibious Warfare already while I almost have Radio...

 

[billindenver]

Originally posted by Aggie
Well, I accepted the offer and after 10 turns the deal is still on! So I already got 7410 gold! Unbelievable that the AI still keeps on researching in a crazy pace. They got Flight and Amphibious Warfare already while I almost have Radio...

It is crazy. My last 2 games I was cruising along 3-4 techs ahead for the whole Industrial Age, and then boom, the AI gets 3 techs all at once it seems, even though they are paying me outrageous amounts of money for techs. At least in my current game, I've got a scientific civ, so I got rocketry free to help pad my lead.

 

[farting bob]

with allthi money, you can buy techs off them, then you can afford to lower tech rate to gain more money. and f youre worried abotu attacks, jsut make sure you have the best possible defenders in all cities. it'll take time for the to get a real army of=ver.

 

[Bloog]

700 gold for Electricity ? I never played on Diety but it seems like a bargain to me.
I payed like 800 for republic on Monarch to the last civ standing on my continent. They had no contact with anyone else, yet. Needless to say, 2 turns later they were goners. I managed to recover about 500 gold .

 

[Hygro]

that's true farting bob, but I think Aggie's reached the point where he can make enormous sums of money by cranking research up to 100% (with all the money from other civs) and get at least 1 tech before the others, thus giving him huge sums of cash, while also getting their techs.

That's more benifitial to buying off them for money only at this time.

 

[Arutha]

@Bloog: "gpt" means "gold per turn".
So that's 741 times 20 turns. In other words, nearly 15,000 gold.

 

[Hygro]

also bloog, he's SELLING not buying.

 

[billindenver]

Originally posted by Bloog
700 gold for Electricity ? I never played on Diety but it seems like a bargain to me.
I payed like 800 for republic on Monarch to the last civ standing on my continent. They had no contact with anyone else, yet. Needless to say, 2 turns later they were goners. I managed to recover about 500 gold .

No, that's gold per turn, for 20 turns, and it was for Electronics. I've had the AI pay me around 400 gold per turn for a tech. 741 isn't out of the question at all.

 

[Aggie]

Originally posted by billindenver


It is crazy. My last 2 games I was cruising along 3-4 techs ahead for the whole Industrial Age, and then boom, the AI gets 3 techs all at once it seems, even though they are paying me outrageous amounts of money for techs. At least in my current game, I've got a scientific civ, so I got rocketry free to help pad my lead.

Yes, But the Ottomans and Celts didn't pay a huge amount (only 200 gpt or so). So they did the research and trade happened after that. The thing is that even on emperor you really can out-research the AI. It seems it's not that simple on deity.