AI instantly buys slaves - is it a bug?

[Kim the Mindcaster]

My problem is simple. When a slave is put on the market, he is instantly bought. The player simply does not have the opportunity to buy a slave, as the AI makes it faster. Buying robots is a little slower process, but it still happens too quickly.

Has anyone met this problem?

 

[Ryika]

Don't know whether it's a bug or intended design, but that's how it works since 3.0.

You can use this mod to work around it:

Steam Workshop::Slower Slave Market

steamcommunity.com

 

[Scyobi_Empire]

No, but it's annoying as all hell.

 

[Mastikator]

Literally everyone has met with- and complained about this problem. Welcome to the club

I really hope the devs hear our cries of pain and improve the system

 

[Phoenix32]

My problem is simple. When a slave is put on the market, he is instantly bought. The player simply does not have the opportunity to buy a slave, as the AI makes it faster. Buying robots is a little slower process, but it still happens too quickly.

Has anyone met this problem?

Getting constant pings telling me my species is on the slave market, never anything there. Bit annoying.

 

[Serenity84]

More bad design than a bug.

 

[DukeLeto42]

Slaves either are all instantly bought up, or there's the max of 100 pops for sale and you can't put more on.

 

[Bezborg]

Many threads about this.

In all of them I propose the same, I’ll do so here as well:

1) The seller posts up a slave pop for sale - this pop is now in an “escrow”. Trade cannot be cancelled by seller for 1 month.

2) There’s a bidding system:
Next to the slave pop there’s a button displaying the current pot.

3) After 1 month, the highest bidder gets the pop. If no bids, sale continues as normal, first bid gets the pop. Essentially same as now.

 

[Derp Throat]

Even the devs don't know what's intended any more. If it is a bug, it's not one they're ready to acknowledge.

 

[currylambchop]

you can out-click the AI by clicking the where the button should be when a species pops up. I bought like 10 slaves that way

 

[Incompetent]

More bad design than a bug.

For the slave market to be functional, it really needs to have prices respond to supply and demand. At 500 energy per pop, it's perfectly rational for most empires to snap up every pop on the market as soon as they can.

 

[Serenity84]

At 500 energy per pop, it's perfectly rational for most empires to snap up every pop on the market as soon as they can.

The problem is that for the computer "as soon as it can" means milliseconds after an offer is listed

 

[Fenris_SE]

The problem is that for the computer "as soon as it can" means milliseconds after an offer is listed

Yup. I put the game on normal speed and just stared at the slave market with my fingers on the pause button. As soon as a slave popped up it was gone before I could press pause. I might be old and my reflexes a bit slower, but not that slow damn it lol

On the upside, the AI bought every slave I put on the market just as fast.

I'm fine with the AI buying slaves, it shouldn't be a player only thing, that would feel more like cheating. But the player should have a chance.

 

[exi123]

You need to know where the button is in the UI and click all the time the spot, you may get one pop extra every 5 minutes or so.

 

[Bezborg]

You need to know where the button is in the UI and click all the time the spot, you may get one pop extra every 5 minutes or so.

What a marvelous gaming experience

 

[aprogressivist]

Yeah, a bidding system would solve two problems: stop the current behaviour and also address the fact that pops are really cheap on the market.

 

[Lykus Cerebros]

you can out-click the AI by clicking the where the button should be when a species pops up. I bought like 10 slaves that way

This only works if you are already on the slave market or are insanly quick on the pause button...

 

[Lykus Cerebros]

Does anyone know about a recent suggestion about this that I can upvote?

 

[Shorr Kan]

An amateur gaming design mistake.

 

[Kim the Mindcaster]

Don't know whether it's a bug or intended design, but that's how it works since 3.0.

You can use this mod to work around it:

Steam Workshop::Slower Slave Market

steamcommunity.com

thank you for your link, but seems that this mod is not working for me may be because of mod conflict...

just buying robots with instant pause