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tech costs Sat, 22 March 2008 16:11 Go to next message
knightpraetor is currently offline knightpraetor

 
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I'm trying to find someone to trade tech with me since other players are trading tech except me. However, I don't really know how this works in MP.

How do you determine what fair tech trade settings are.

It's dependent on what they took cheap/exp, and then anyone could lie about such things:\ and then i keep thinking there is probably a basic formula for how much each tech level costs? like giving someone tech 8 or tech 9 is obviously worth more than tech 4-5 normally, so i need to know that formula as well.

Anyways, any help is appreciated

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Re: tech costs Sat, 22 March 2008 20:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
vonKreedon is currently offline vonKreedon

 
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I just trade level for level. Really I prefer the simplicity of trading any level for any level vs. level x for level x;e.g., I prefer to go ahead and trade one level of Con9 for one level of Elec5. My preferred method is by transferring scrappers, so in the example I would make 7 scouts with the Super Cargo Pod and my partner would make 7 with the Possum Scanner. I know that I'm missing an opportunity here to get more since I'm giving a higher/more expensive/more valuable tech, but I'm also probably getting tech that I have Expensive and I prefer to keep relations with my trading partners/allies on a very convivial basis and so avoid such nit-picky negotiations so that everyone is in a better mood when I want something important.

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Re: tech costs Sun, 23 March 2008 07:17 Go to previous message
m.a@stars is currently offline m.a@stars

 
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knightpraetor wrote on Sat, 22 March 2008 21:11

I'm trying to find someone to trade tech with me since other players are trading tech except me. However, I don't really know how this works in MP.

How do you determine what fair tech trade settings are.

It's dependent on what they took cheap/exp, and then anyone could lie about such things:\ and then i keep thinking there is probably a basic formula for how much each tech level costs? like giving someone tech 8 or tech 9 is obviously worth more than tech 4-5 normally, so i need to know that formula as well.

Anyways, any help is appreciated

I'd say tech-trading is a very diplomatic endeavor, and as such you might do best by being "generous" with your partners, in hopes of them being "generous" with you later. Rolling Eyes

As in most aspects of playing with/against humans, much depends on experience. You could probably just ask the others what trading agreements do they want and then try to haggle a bit. Twisted Evil



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