Research Agreements in 2011

[Lord Chambers]

When a Research Agreement (RA) is completed, 50% (+25% with the Rationalism opener and +25% with the Porcelain Tower) of the median beaker value of the currently available technologies is awarded to you in one lump sum to the tech you are currently researching.

1. If you are slated to finish a technology on the same turn that your RA is slated to complete, does your tech finish first and potentially create a different median value for the RA, or is the RA awarded first?
2. What happens to the overflow?
3. When you have an even number of techs available, what is your median tech value?

 

[wcbarney]

I don't know the answers to #1 or #3, but overflow (#2 question) is accumulated for the next tech you are researching.

 

[Raethwyn]

1. I don't know how that situation is handled.

2. It overflows to the next tech in your queue just like wcbarney said, and if you don't have another tech in the queue then it overflows to another random tech.

3. If the median is two techs then it takes the mean of those two techs to calculate the median.

 

[WeaselSlapper]

2. It overflows to the next tech in your queue just like wcbarney said, and if you don't have another tech in the queue then it overflows to another random tech.

One important thing about this is you have to have the queue setup before the turn where the RA completes starts. So if you're signing RA's you should always have a tech queue of 2-3 tech selected.

 

[eazyseeker]

One important thing about this is you have to have the queue setup before the turn where the RA completes starts. So if you're signing RA's you should always have a tech queue of 2-3 tech selected.

Even better - after PT and Rationalism, just queue your entire tech tree. Make sure to select cheaper tech first to raise the median, if possible.