Technology

[JWSIII]

Again as America, I am ending up with research points to burn, 20-30 at a time, but it is still taking me a year per tech to research it, and I only seem to be able to do one at a time.

Is there anyway to build tech faster? France, England, Austria, Prussia are all ahead of me, and I'd like to catch up and even pull out ahead - any ideas?

 

[OHgamer]

Trade tech with friendly nations. That is what the AI is doing.

Otherwise no - as there are also time requirements for researching tech as well as RP. A tech takes x months AND y RPs to research.

And remember that when you receive a tech, you lose 10 RPs, so have an excess before you trade and be able to replace the ones you do lose within the time period of the tech to research (usually 12 months, at 10 RPs that means you'll want to be averaging about 0.83 RPs/month being generated by your nation).

 

[JWSIII]

trade issues

No nation will trade tech with me, even at a 6:1 rate. I have never declared war on anyone, although I have taken mexican territories in defensive wars (first in the texas war in which they declared war on me after it became a state, secondly when they declared war on me as I fought the south). My relation with U.K. at least is around +95. So no trades even at 6:1, and no purchasing up to 25k for any techs...

Do I just need really higher relations?

 

[Orm]

No nation will trade tech with me, even at a 6:1 rate. I have never declared war on anyone, although I have taken mexican territories in defensive wars (first in the texas war in which they declared war on me after it became a state, secondly when they declared war on me as I fought the south). My relation with U.K. at least is around +95. So no trades even at 6:1, and no purchasing up to 25k for any techs...

Do I just need really higher relations?

Higher relations help a lot. Once you get to near +200 they will most often gladly accept 1:1 deals if not better. The best way to improve relations is to do deals with them where you just give them £100 for nothing each time. Every successful deal gives +15 relations.
If you have high badboy, your capability to do trade deals will suffer.

 

[RELee]

And, you still get badboy even from defensive wars. Taking territory in a peace settlement always results in badboy, no matter who is the aggressor.

 

[unmerged(48056)]

Trade provinces for technology.
I've heard this tip from people who have played as Japan. Of course civilizing so late in the game, it's rare that you can actually trade technology for technology. But as Japan, you can satellite Belgium and get a few of their provinces, and trade said provinces back (each province will get you 5 technologies without a problem )

 

[Lord Raglan]

any way to get these provences without the prestige loss
i'm playing Sardinia-Piedmont and i have over 60 RP spare, my relations with France are at +190, but they have all my techs so refuse to trade with me

i'm reluctant to trade back Savoy (capatilists have built some very nice factories) and wuold happily rade some worthless provience, but my prestige is still very low, so the hit to declare war would not be worth it

 

[Therion]

It's 1894 and I still have to research 8-10 technologies in every field but it seems there no more research possibilities, no matter which establishment I choose. How come?

 

[Andrelvis]

And remember that when you receive a tech, you lose 10 RPs, so have an excess before you trade and be able to replace the ones you do lose within the time period of the tech to research (usually 12 months, at 10 RPs that means you'll want to be averaging about 0.83 RPs/month being generated by your nation).

Are the RPs lost when gaining a tech through trade hardset or do they vary according to the cost of the tech?

 

[Andrelvis]

It's 1894 and I still have to research 8-10 technologies in every field but it seems there no more research possibilities, no matter which establishment I choose. How come?

Some techs only get enable at certain years.

 

[OHgamer]

It's 1894 and I still have to research 8-10 technologies in every field but it seems there no more research possibilities, no matter which establishment I choose. How come?

The later techs have date thresholds before you can start researching them.

Group 5 begins around 1898 for most techs (some military techs are a touch earlier) and Group 6 in 1919.

 

[Taylor]

any way to get these provences without the prestige loss
i'm playing Sardinia-Piedmont and i have over 60 RP spare, my relations with France are at +190, but they have all my techs so refuse to trade with me

i'm reluctant to trade back Savoy (capatilists have built some very nice factories) and wuold happily rade some worthless provience, but my prestige is still very low, so the hit to declare war would not be worth it

Find an unciv with -100 prestige or worse. It'll cost only 1 prestige point to DoW them.

 

[Orm]

Are the RPs lost when gaining a tech through trade hardset or do they vary according to the cost of the tech?

They vary with the cost. IIRC it also varies with the national value (like for example nations with Order as their national value have a reduction in cost for military techs).