pros and cons of spreading corp to AI
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Yes. The benefits they receive are nothing compared to the costs they have to pay. you actually can get 15 gold from every corp you spread given bank, market, grocer, wall street in your city.
even if they go SP on you, if you don't have any domestic corps, you wont lose any money other than the upfront costs. kinda zany isnt it?
even if they go SP on you, if you don't have any domestic corps, you wont lose any money other than the upfront costs. kinda zany isnt it?
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As I don´t have BtS yet (hope to get it tomorrow):
Means spreading the Corporation to the AIs cities also, that the AI can produce its own corporate executives of said corporation, or won´t they be able to do so enabling you to control which AI cities get the benefits of the corporation and which not?
Means spreading the Corporation to the AIs cities also, that the AI can produce its own corporate executives of said corporation, or won´t they be able to do so enabling you to control which AI cities get the benefits of the corporation and which not?
Molon Labe
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No, they spread them too. I had Mining Co. and spread it to my production cities and then hit up some inconsequential Dutch cities on my continent as well as a vassal. Next thing I know they're building them and spreading them to all their cities. I sent a few over to Maya and Sumeria on another continent and they did the same.
Nikis-Knight
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They will be able to produce executives in the cities you spread it to, yes. (I think that's what you are asking?) Which, if they do so, will only save you money.
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Can the AI choose not to use your spread corporation?
If they are forced to start paying loads money from your spreading corporations to them, it would be cheap way to exploit the AI
If they are forced to start paying loads money from your spreading corporations to them, it would be cheap way to exploit the AI
HG_CassiusA
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Mercantilism stops foreign corporations and state property stops all corporations.
Yea unfortunately currently the costs skyrocket and are far worst than their benefit so I would suggest you spam them with corporations if your into the whole "beat AI at any cost" because as someone else mentioned in the later turns you can effectively cripple their science forcing them to run at 100% tax
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Yep. that was exactly the question.
Would have been great if you were able to spread the cprorations only to the cities you wanted, but looks like the tip of sumit1207 will have to suffice
angelus512
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Yes well we all know corporations are bugged. Its not supposed to be a clever way to knock an opponent financially out of the game.
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Yeah and if your going to use cheap tactics, you may as well open world builder and give youself units, its just as pointless 
Yeah and if your going to use cheap tactics, you may as well open world builder and give youself units, its just as pointless
How is screwing them up with a corporation any different than doing so with a stack of guys or a spy? Or a diplomatic overture to a rival of theirs causing them to attack?
Isn't that the point of the game, to use what you have to both further yourself and then drag down the other guy also?
you CAN do that and change the game mechanic so that having domestic Corps doesnt drag yourself down to ridiculous amounts.
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The difference is the broken inflation
You could also play a Marathon game and use cheap spy missions to give enemy cities 24
for 24 turns, reducing even a huge capitol to like 1 population and more or less taking the city out of the game for ages. But its so broken many have disabled it.
Why bother if your going to use cheap broken tactics to win.
Sure spreading your corporation may be natural thing to do.
But once you have found out it will criple the AI and on purpose spread several to them to make it a easy win, why bother?
You could also play a Marathon game and use cheap spy missions to give enemy cities 24
for 24 turns, reducing even a huge capitol to like 1 population and more or less taking the city out of the game for ages. But its so broken many have disabled it.Why bother if your going to use cheap broken tactics to win.
Sure spreading your corporation may be natural thing to do.
But once you have found out it will criple the AI and on purpose spread several to them to make it a easy win, why bother?
The difference is the broken inflation
You could also play a Marathon game and use cheap spy missions to give enemy cities 24
Why bother if your going to use cheap broken tactics to win.
Sure spreading your corporation may be natural thing to do.
But once you have found out it will criple the AI and on purpose spread several to them to make it a easy win, why bother?
So you contend that inflation as it is working now is not what Firaxis intended? If it isn't it's broken, if it is, then it's WAD. You seem to be speaking for ALL of us here as to what is cheap and what isn't. What is WAD and what is broken. You say it's a cheap tactic from a position of judge and jury. I would agree with you IF it's bugged.
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Judge, Jury and Executioner, i am the Law 
No im just agreeing with views of quite a few people, inflation of over 200% pushing costs of corporations and other things into the 1000s just seems a bit wrong.
I thought they were meant to be used to gives some bonuses for a cost, and you spread them to earn some money. I dont think they meant to be weapons to cripple the economies of your enemies so they cant afford to research or own an army
No im just agreeing with views of quite a few people, inflation of over 200% pushing costs of corporations and other things into the 1000s just seems a bit wrong.
I thought they were meant to be used to gives some bonuses for a cost, and you spread them to earn some money. I dont think they meant to be weapons to cripple the economies of your enemies so they cant afford to research or own an army
Judge, Jury and Executioner, i am the Law
No im just agreeing with views of quite a few people, inflation of over 200% pushing costs of corporations and other things into the 1000s just seems a bit wrong.
I thought they were meant to be used to gives some bonuses for a cost, and you spread them to earn some money. I dont think they meant to be weapons to cripple the economies of your enemies so they cant afford to research or own an army
Well, I guess I will agree with you if they were not intended to be purposly spread to enemies...I personally think they were purposly balanced that way but that's my guess.
Well, I just looked at the manual and they didn't outright mention why one might spread it to other civs except you get 5 gold....so you may very well be right.
Back to your regularly scheduled thread......
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I think they were designed to be spread
But i think the idea was like religion you would make money off spreading them, not cripple the Civ.
But i think the idea was like religion you would make money off spreading them, not cripple the Civ.
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