spy effectivness

[slo]

Hello all..playing a multi player with AI as well....enter the ren era...we all get spies at the same time...we all send our spies out the same time...in the time it took my spy to steal a tech i had 7 civs steal one from me and some even stole two!!! all before my spy stole one....

what effects the speed of spies when they are all the same rank???

thanks
slo

 

[FeiLing]

The more beakers a city produces the faster techs are stolen from it. As a human usually goes for NC asap and also always fills up scientists slots you're science output is easily twice or trice as high as the AI has in his capitals (which often do not have NC early or sometimes even not at all all game long) and they also almost always fill GAWM/Culture specialists slots rather than the scientist slots.

 

[njmfff]

AI cheats a bit in higher difficulties. It has higher chance of doing anything with it's spies. :angry:

In my current game (Diety) I got Military Science, the next turn three AI stole it (on the same turn!). I had Police Stations in all cities, National Intelligence and lvl3 spies in my capital, but they still stole it. and worst is, only one civ was identified. O.o