So, What is Cheating

[unmerged(37096)]

I’ve seen and used a certain strategy before where at the start of the game you DOW Egypt. The goal is to take all of the OE cores in Syria, for later use as bargaining chips.

My question is, where do you draw the line with regards to trading those provinces to OE. Since they are OE cores, the Ottomans will pay dearly for them. Unfortunately at the start of the game they lack money and tech, which only leaves land in the Balkans. With 200 relations, OE is willing to give 5 to 1 in a trade, but that seems too gamey? Would a 2 to 1 ratio be more fair?

 

[Orm]

So, basically your question is: is it more fair to rip the AI off a little instead of a lot?
Hmmm.... tough one.

 

[unmerged(37096)]

in a nutshell, yes,

It's not so much ripping them off, as you are giving them cores in return for non-cores, so I think that the pay off should reflect that. I'm just curious what the community at large considers equitable.

 

[RELee]

So, basically your question is: is it more fair to rip the AI off a little instead of a lot?

They think they're so high and mighty, just because they never got caught driving without pants.

 

[Orm]

in a nutshell, yes,

It's not so much ripping them off, as you are giving them cores in return for non-cores, so I think that the pay off should reflect that. I'm just curious what the community at large considers equitable.

But the core status in itself does not give the province a higher economical value, so you have to look at population and RGO to decide if the trade is fair or not. The fact that the AI is programmed to value cores higher than other provinces is what makes it gamey, the AI doesn't weigh in those other things much, if at all.

They think they're so high and mighty, just because they never got caught driving without pants.

 

[unmerged(105041)]

Just do it. It's their stupid fault.

 

[tylerhink]

The Definition of Cheating (Cheat) as in the Webster's Dictionary.

Cheating: verb - to break rules to gain and advantage: to break the rules in a game, examination, or contest, in an attempt to gain an unfair advantage: to violate rules or regulations: to practice fraud or deceit.

(I'm sorry, I just had to be a jack ass )