July 24, 2002, 17:39
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Warlord
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The Buy One, Get One Free Technology Bug
Hopefully this hasn't been mentioned yet.
Steal a technology from another civilization. It'll ask you to select the tech you want to acquire, then a popup will appear asking which advance to research next. Click on What's the Big Picture? Now you get to select a second technology to pilfer.
I think this requires that you be researching the same tech that you steal. I have repeated this bug several times in my current game. Note that if the civ doesn't have a second tech, you have to Ctrl-Alt-Del the game since it'll keep demanding that you steal a second tech.
Btw, I have the latest patch (1.29f).
I'm not sure if this is relevant, but my tech rate is 0% (I have 80% taxes so I just buy and/or steal all my techs since in a Deity game there's no way to keep up otherwise).
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Last edited by Executor; July 24, 2002 at 18:15.
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July 24, 2002, 17:48
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Warlord
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You're actually stealing tech...? Why not just buy it? it's cheaper that way. 
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July 24, 2002, 18:13
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Warlord
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I'm playing a Deity game on a Standard map.
Normally, I do trade for techs. But prices have skyrocketed now and with everybody at war, the techs aren't being traded so the price is staying high.
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July 24, 2002, 18:25
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King
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Originally posted by W4r_Machine
You're actually stealing tech...? Why not just buy it? it's cheaper that way.
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Keep in mind that by buying it you are giving an opponent a very valuable resource (gold). Stealing it may cost more but denies benefits to your opponents.
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July 24, 2002, 18:36
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Warlord
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Originally posted by Catt
Keep in mind that by buying it you are giving an opponent a very valuable resource (gold). Stealing it may cost more but denies benefits to your opponents.
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That is very true, but, you save a lot of cash in return to invest in someting else. Sure you'll give them 300gpt +/- but spending 2500gpt in something else are more usefull. If it fails you're even more screwed.
The AI will prolly just use the money to buy more techs...
I lost my only DIety game horribly so I'm growing my backbone back 
but, to each his own i guess.
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July 24, 2002, 18:55
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Warlord
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Originally posted by W4r_Machine
That is very true, but, you save a lot of cash in return to invest in someting else. Sure you'll give them 300gpt +/- but spending 2500gpt in something else are more usefull. If it fails you're even more screwed.
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The last few techs that I've bought from other civs were around 1400 gp. One that was traded a lot was a real bargain at only 800 gp.
Btw, I'm earning almost 400 gp per turn thanks to my 80% tax rate. I've just entered the Industrial Age, I'm under a Monarchy, and I'm on a permanent war footing. I just mobilized for war for the very first time in Civ3. Now I can finally crush my enemies like bugs.
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Last edited by Executor; July 24, 2002 at 19:04.
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