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[3.5.2] [27ef] Containment war on a mixed Federation ignores claims (exploitable)
Game Version
What version do you use?
Steam
What expansions do you have installed?
Synthetic Dawn, Utopia, Leviathans Story Pack, Apocalypse, Megacorp, Distant Stars, Ancient Relics
Do you have mods enabled?
No
Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
The Federation must be a mix of empires that require Containment (e.g. Driven Assimilator) or Conquest (claims based) war goals.
The war goal of Containment or Conquest applies to all members of the (AI) Federation, even though individual empires would require either Containment or Conquest if they were outside a Federation. It depends on which empire you choose to start the war with.
This is exploitable against empires in the Federation that require claims and Conquest, as the claims system is ignored. Just start a containment war with the Driven Assimilator and attack other members of the federation.
Similarly if you choose an empire that requires Conquest then the Containment empires do not allow territory change during the war.
Steps to reproduce the issue.
The attached ironman save includes an AI federation that mixes a Driven Assimilator empire and "standard" conquer territory claim empires.
1) Player chooses an empire type that claims territory.
2) AI creates a federation containing empires that require Containment and Conquer war strategies.
3) Player starts a war to Conquer an empire - unable to take over Driven Assimilator territory (issue)
4) Player starts a war with Driven Assimilator using the Containment war goal - all empires in Federation, regardless of type, use containment territory change and not claims (exploitable)
Expect each empire to use its own territory claim/containment procedure.
This might also be addressed by not allowing Federations to contain both conquest and containment empire types.
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[3.5.2] [27ef] Containment war on a mixed Federation ignores claims (exploitable)
Game Version
What version do you use?
Steam
What expansions do you have installed?
Synthetic Dawn, Utopia, Leviathans Story Pack, Apocalypse, Megacorp, Distant Stars, Ancient Relics
Do you have mods enabled?
No
Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
The Federation must be a mix of empires that require Containment (e.g. Driven Assimilator) or Conquest (claims based) war goals.
The war goal of Containment or Conquest applies to all members of the (AI) Federation, even though individual empires would require either Containment or Conquest if they were outside a Federation. It depends on which empire you choose to start the war with.
This is exploitable against empires in the Federation that require claims and Conquest, as the claims system is ignored. Just start a containment war with the Driven Assimilator and attack other members of the federation.
Similarly if you choose an empire that requires Conquest then the Containment empires do not allow territory change during the war.
Steps to reproduce the issue.
The attached ironman save includes an AI federation that mixes a Driven Assimilator empire and "standard" conquer territory claim empires.
1) Player chooses an empire type that claims territory.
2) AI creates a federation containing empires that require Containment and Conquer war strategies.
3) Player starts a war to Conquer an empire - unable to take over Driven Assimilator territory (issue)
4) Player starts a war with Driven Assimilator using the Containment war goal - all empires in Federation, regardless of type, use containment territory change and not claims (exploitable)
Expect each empire to use its own territory claim/containment procedure.
This might also be addressed by not allowing Federations to contain both conquest and containment empire types.
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