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Old March 24, 2003, 22:37   #1
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The Economic Race Trait
First off.. sorry if this is already covered some where esle; I could not find it...

I seem to recall (but I can not remember where) I read that the Economics Racial trait was modified from what is stated in the game and manuals. The statement was that there is no intrest gained on posative AU ballances - but keeping the interest earned on AU debt tho. Perhaps some one can clarify if this is true and where it is stated please.

If this is true than one sould really condiser any the benefits that points spent on the Economics would bring. Currently the game states the folloing
ECONOMICS:
*Investor
... +5% interest earned on + AU ballances from norm
... -2% interest earned on - AU debts from norm
... -25% HFoG costs
*Monetarists
... +2% interest earned on + AU ballances from norm
... -1% interest earned on - AU debts from norm
... -10% HFoG costs
*Specie
... no adjustments
*Barter
... -1% interest earned on + AU ballances from norm
... +1% interest earned on - AU debts from norm
... +5% HFoG costs


For my style of play, I almost never have HFoG issues and have yet to go below 0 on AU counter. This means that any points spent in increasing ECONOMICS (ala human, evon, ...) are a waste.

I hope someone could confirm or correct this assumption.
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Old March 25, 2003, 01:20   #2
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From what I've read on the Infogrames forum, what you say is true; positive interest was cut from the game.

So, as you say, there really isn't much point unless your HFoG is a real killer.
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Old March 25, 2003, 13:41   #3
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Is there any benefit to being an Investor?
Now that you mention it, I recall something about this change too. You make a good point, if there are little real benefits to a better economics trait, you might be better off customising your race and transfer those points from economics to something else.
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Old March 26, 2003, 19:04   #4
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Originally posted by Kloreep
From what I've read on the Infogrames forum, what you say is true; positive interest was cut from the game.

So, as you say, there really isn't much point unless your HFoG is a real killer.
War of Art has pointed out in another thread on governments and HFoG that you can lower you HFoG by 25-50% simply by switching governments.

My current game is the last one where I'm an 'Investor'!
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Shnozwangler:

This information is in the game's readme file. The consensus at the infogrames forum is, these changes make this racial pick cost-ineffective.

QSI has stated it intends to fix the HFOG reduction in a patch, though they did not state whether this would make the first one.
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