Tech farming with spies vs. pirates is very easy on prewarp

[WiZz]

As title says.

I've noticed that by default your spies don't do espionage missions vs. pirates. But if you assign them manually it's extremely effective. You can get A LOT of techs in the beginning. It's crucial if you began on prewarp setting.

P. S. Game version 1.0.2.0

[Tanaka]

As title says.

I've noticed that by default your spies don't do espionage missions vs. pirates. But if you assign them manually it's extremely effective. You can get A LOT of techs in the beginning. It's crucial if you began on prewarp setting.

P. S. Game version 1.0.2.0

Yes it was the same way in DWU. I hope this is fixed. DW does a great job of giving you options to slow down the game pace but spies ruin that...

[Jim D Burns]

I hope this is fixed.

Agreed, it wouldn't be so bad if the automatic AI did it, but since it doesn't it gives the player a huge boost up on the other AI players. I don't do it just to keep the game on an even playing field for the AI's, but I would love the early game help, so I hope it gets addressed one way or the other.

[WiZz]

Actually even automatic spies do this if you change some policies. Game mistakenly thinks that 90% chance is low.

[baldamundo]

As title says.

I've noticed that by default your spies don't do espionage missions vs. pirates. But if you assign them manually it's extremely effective. You can get A LOT of techs in the beginning. It's crucial if you began on prewarp setting.

P. S. Game version 1.0.2.0

Not been my experience at all - success chance against pirates is always super low for Steal Research for me. Which is still sometimes worthwhile, but ransoming a captured spy costs $30k.

[WiZz]

In latest version it seems that espionage vs. pirates was nerfed. I haven't seen chances higher than 64% on 1.0.2.1.