Techs from Clans?

[Minou]

This afternoon I was fooling around with multiple special game modes including Barbarian Clans. I dispersed two outposts around T50 and T80 and both times I got a free tech boost (got the full tech as Babylon but I assume it was technically a Eureka). I had played this mode before but never noticed this, is it a new feature? Or is it just a random chance everyone you clear an outpost?

 

[Laurana Kanan]

It's been discussed a few times on here since February. Quoting myself from the most recent discussion:

It's from the February Update and is part of the game mode. There are two GlobalParameters: "BARBARIAN_CLANS_TECH_STEAL_INTERVAL_STANDARD" with a value of 20, and "BARBARIAN_CLANS_TECH_STEAL_VARIANCE_STANDARD" with a value of 10. I'm not sure we ever definitively figured out what these meant except that it allows you to occasionally gain a random Tech Boost when dispersing a Barb Camp.

 

[Minou]

Thanks Laurana Kanan! I never really used the special modes until now so I missed all the original discussion. I wonder what the odds are - I think I clear a half dozen or so camps up until now without ever getting a boost (possibly I missed noticing if I wasn't expecting it) but then got 2 in a row last game, and one was even Military Engineering. The code sounds like maybe barbs get a chance to steal a tech every 20 turns, but not sure what variance means.... Possibly this means its worth waiting until T20 or T21 (since barbs move last each turn) to have the chance to get one. Then again if they can only steal techs that Civs have you might end up with duds as the game moves on and you pass the AIs in techs.....