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kekatag posted 06-06-99 10:13 AM ET
perhaps on lower levels of difficulty but if i want to curb an ally building too many bases i can get him to sede control of one of his base in return for one of mine and i can buy back my ceded base for small sum.hardly a brilliant tactic but it can work.
Beta1 posted 06-07-99 05:06 PM ET
If your in a dominant position dont bother buying it - just demand they give it to you.
It pisses them off BUT if you've a big enough stick...........
sandals posted 06-07-99 05:22 PM ET
Here's what I did to my vassal recently:
(Gaians/huge/librarian)
The UoP had surrendered with a fair number of bases after I started to make a push in their center. I took the surrender (even though they had no techs for me) because I wanted to concentrate on the Hive. After killing the Hive, I wanted the UoP out of my area, so I decided to try Total Thought Control with probes. After losing two consecutive Elite probes despite seeing 75/67 odds, I figured that wouldn't work (bug or feature?), so I contacted him & asked to buy the bases.
Each size 4-7 base cost 180-450 credits (cheap!). After all was done, I had bought every UoP base except HQ for about 1900 credits. Then I figured I'd declare war & take the base, but on a whim, I called my buddy Zak & demanded $$ or I'd crush him. He gave me all my money back! I was so amused I let him live.
It felt like cheating. I think the real problem is that the AI doesn't value its bases highly enough. After I bought all the bases, of course he had to knuckle under to my extortion...
brad posted 06-07-99 07:20 PM ET
The base trading is a flaw in the game. In one game Gaians had two SPs in one base - I sent out a colony pod to a small rock in the middle of tghe oceran, had it build a base - and got the Gaians to trade bases. Got 2 SPs, and a large base. Riduculous - it feels like a cheat.
Maybe it is to compensate for those oddly long-range missles.
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Author	Topic: buying and selling
kekatag	posted 06-06-99 10:13 AM ET perhaps on lower levels of difficulty but if i want to curb an ally building too many bases i can get him to sede control of one of his base in return for one of mine and i can buy back my ceded base for small sum.hardly a brilliant tactic but it can work.
Beta1	posted 06-07-99 05:06 PM ET If your in a dominant position dont bother buying it - just demand they give it to you. It pisses them off BUT if you've a big enough stick...........
sandals	posted 06-07-99 05:22 PM ET Here's what I did to my vassal recently: (Gaians/huge/librarian) The UoP had surrendered with a fair number of bases after I started to make a push in their center. I took the surrender (even though they had no techs for me) because I wanted to concentrate on the Hive. After killing the Hive, I wanted the UoP out of my area, so I decided to try Total Thought Control with probes. After losing two consecutive Elite probes despite seeing 75/67 odds, I figured that wouldn't work (bug or feature?), so I contacted him & asked to buy the bases. Each size 4-7 base cost 180-450 credits (cheap!). After all was done, I had bought every UoP base except HQ for about 1900 credits. Then I figured I'd declare war & take the base, but on a whim, I called my buddy Zak & demanded $$ or I'd crush him. He gave me all my money back! I was so amused I let him live. It felt like cheating. I think the real problem is that the AI doesn't value its bases highly enough. After I bought all the bases, of course he had to knuckle under to my extortion...
brad	posted 06-07-99 07:20 PM ET The base trading is a flaw in the game. In one game Gaians had two SPs in one base - I sent out a colony pod to a small rock in the middle of tghe oceran, had it build a base - and got the Gaians to trade bases. Got 2 SPs, and a large base. Riduculous - it feels like a cheat. Maybe it is to compensate for those oddly long-range missles.