you don't get a tech from the AI sometimes? Is it just random or can you do something to hurt or help your chances? I'm sure its been discussed before but I don't feel like digging around. I'm just curious. I'm not talking about a specific tech just a tech in general... I just played a game against Mawpawk where he got a tech and I didn't so I was wondering if he might of done something differently or if I did.
It's completely random I'm afraid. You can help yourself get a better tech by buying BW off them the turn you take them so you get that + another tech + a little money back. Nothing you can do to influence whether or not they will give it you though. You do tend to get the best tech though in the late game. For example waiting for your opponent to rush oxford and then land at his islands to get easy Advanced flight...
So it is random if you don't get any tech? I'm not trying to get a specific tech just a tech. I wonder if selling the AI tech hurts your chances of getting a tech from them...Originally Posted by Liam_Sutty
There is a detailed discussion on this somewhere with various theories & opinions. I take a cap purely for an extra settler and if I get a tech it's a bonus. Don't plan for getting the tech and if you do it's a bonus! Although it is hard to do. I had a walk in on English for monarchy once with Mongol and could settle dye just below but with no food. I risked it and got monarchy. Had I not got monarchy it would of been a rubbish cap and hard to expand from.
I am most worried about not getting a tech when I get a walkin in the 3000s. Especially one pre 3500BC. That seems to be the time frame where I often do not get a tech. But that is probably just selective memory.
hmmmm.. nothing is random.
in GOTW if i remember correctly you could cycle through the results depending on the year you took the city in. So maybe you could tell if you were going to get a tech by what civs are in the game and the year, maybe egypt wonder and USA gp could give an indication of where the seed sits, maybe hut results too.
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