A.I and gameplay balance issues with 1.2

[ASHBERY76]

The same issues in 1.3 for A.I diplomacy values.The A.I offers techs for as little as 1000 in a now bloated economy that has 50000+ in the bank at the early game stage,this creates a tech spawning situation in a game that does not have a lot of tech as it is.I prefer tech trading for money to break the bank and should be a rare event.Trading techs for techs is another matter.The pirates are also so cheap to bribe,etc it also becomes a non issue to gameplay in the bloated economy.

The game needs scaling values based on the economy.

[Erik Rutins]

Just FYI, re-balancing some of the valuations for AI diplomacy as well as the economy as a whole is on the schedule for the next update. We are aware that this needs some work now.

[Sarissofoi]

AI offers you technology for a low price only when you almost discover it.
Still I think they should take the full price but now that is make sense.

[fabio80mi]

/suggestion mode on

Or maybe you can consider doing  the smart thing and put *ALL* those values (diplomacy,economy,ai,prioritization,threats,whatever has a value in the game) in some external txt files read at game start so we can mod it if we dont like them or we want to experiment with something different

Easy for you to tweak and easy for us gamerbase to adjust to new settings.

Ok it wont still be the real modding the game was advertised for or the level of modding at least i was expecting before release but it could be a good *start*

/suggestion mode off

[Gertjan]

I noted that as well Sarissorofoi. But I thinkt his is normal. Otherwise you would not be interested in the trade, right?

[taltamir]

ORIGINAL: Sarissofoi

AI offers you technology for a low price only when you almost discover it.
Still I think they should take the full price but now that is make sense.

correct, I actually like the way it works... its sensible and not overly gamey.
it makes perfect sense for me that a 5 star empire sells a unique tech to a 300 star empire for millions... this is 10 years of my GDP and thousands of years of their GDP, and jump starts their economy and military conquests of other empires, not to mention allows them to purchase technology and crash research.
everyone wins...

the only time they offer a tech cheap is when you NEARLY discovered it, this also makes sense, they aren't giving you that whole tech, but they are giving you a little "final boost"... cost is relative, when you already have that tech they cannot sell it to you anymore.

i noticed that if you trade for a tech you get all prior techs as well. (And that it is taken into account in the cost)... There is absolutely no solution that isn't entirely gamey.. heck its already overly gamy in that they flat out refuse to sell you such tech when you ask, only when they offer.