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May 15, 2006 7:42:14 AM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I have a question about continued espionage spending.

Once I have reached the highest level of information about another civilization, can I turn espionage spending down to zero and continue to get information about their future researched techs, or do I need to continue spending in order to get that future information?

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Reply #1 May 15, 2006 8:27:39 AM
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No, you don't need to spend any more after reaching the highest level.
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Reply #2 May 15, 2006 9:50:37 AM
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which is kinda dumb btw
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Reply #3 May 15, 2006 10:19:56 AM
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Strange because I still don't gain any new techs when I reach this level which is Advanced.
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Reply #4 May 15, 2006 11:21:24 AM
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I never managed to steal technologies by espionage, am I doing anything wrong?
Also, the manual claim that there is also Destabilization - where?
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Reply #5 May 15, 2006 11:52:56 AM
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Destabilization isn't included in the release.
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Reply #6 May 15, 2006 11:54:24 AM
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I though that if you kept spending, you will eventually steal techs from them...
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Reply #7 May 15, 2006 12:11:06 PM
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I've have succesfully stolen a tech from the AI.... once....

It seems to be very very rare, and you have to be at max espionage.
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Reply #8 May 15, 2006 12:50:29 PM
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If you put a decent amount of funding into espionage, you can steal a lot of technology. I stole about 17 technologies in one game. I did have a 15% espionage bonus to my civ though.
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Reply #9 May 15, 2006 12:53:57 PM
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I have only stolen tech once as well. You don't need to be spending money to do it though. I was at advanced and had turned my espionage down to 0 already. Stealing tech through spying is just very rare because it is so easy to get to the highest levels. Personally, I think the frequency should but upped and the process of getting to advanced should be higher. Also, maybe it should depend on government type.

Also, it's slightly off-topic, but as long as I'm saying it, there should be additional advantages and disadvantages to different government types. Ex, Imperial is harder to spy on, Federation has more senate interference
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Reply #10 May 15, 2006 12:54:24 PM
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Once you reach the advanced level of espionage, any further spending is wasted. Set the slider down to zero, and you will still get an occasional stolen tech. Keep in mind though, that you can only steal what you don't already have. If you aren't getting any stolen techs, you probably are leading the game in research.

On the flip side, getting lots of stolen techs is a good indicator that you may be falling behind in research!
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