Should I buy it? Help me understand

[Argitoth]

How do reaserch alliances work? And what happenes if you give away a technology? Does it disappear causing you to have to re-reaserch it?

[ December 02, 2003, 22:23: Message edited by: Argitoth ]

[Cyrien]

Research treaties and all other treaties that share something with the ally work by slowly building up to a max percentage. The default is 20%. It looks at what you are producing takes 20% of that and gives that to the ally. However you still get those points as well. Basically it creates research for those involved in them without taking anything away.

If you give or trade research the other person gets it and you still have it as well. Like copying a file. You copy it give the copy to your friend and they can use it and copy it as well if they want but you still keep your original.

[Argitoth]

so what is the disadvantage of just giving technologies to each other and not having a reaserch alliance?

[Fyron]

There is none. A research "alliance" just means you are "trading" research points. Of course, you can not have a "research alliance", you have to have a Trade and Research Alliance, Military Alliance or Partnership. Trading technologies like you mentioned is often done, though some consider it a gamey tactic and it periodically gets Banned from MP PBW games.

[Argitoth]

can you disable the ability to trade technologies?

[Fyron]

Yep. Have you tried the Demo yet? It's game setup screen has all the options for what you can disable and such.

[Argitoth]

Is there a way to have a ship which re-fuels other ships?

I haven't figured out a way to do that. Maybe you can't reaserch the technology in the demo.

And if this is possible, can you trade a refueling ship to an allie, let him refuel, then trade back?

[ December 02, 2003, 23:01: Message edited by: Argitoth ]