Why can I put thrifty trait on cyborgs as driven assimilators (that gives +25% trade value) when machine empires can't do trade?
Logic?
Logic?
Thrifty trait on Cyborgs
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There are also "free" negative traits you can have on Cyborgs that don't have any negative effects for them
Because "Cyborg" isn't Assimilator-exclusive and they become normal POPs in other empires.
that doesnt explain why your able to but it on your cybernetic pops when your building a driven assimilator empire
Because the species designer doesn't know that the species is living in a Driven Assimilator empire.
It's kind of an RP thing too. When I made my first Driven Assimilators empire I made the cyborg race a copy of the main race of one of my other empires even though the traits were garbage picks for the cyborg pops (like the old charismatic), and I wrote a little backstory about how that race was assimilated. I can appreciate RP options, it's good that they exist.
Internal Trade still works. The only inter-empire trade values come through trade agreements.
Internal trade can be a hefty driver for energy production especially late game.
Internal trade can be a hefty driver for energy production especially late game.
You wouldn't, because it's a foolish thing to do. It's only possible because there's no way for the game to recognize that it's foolish without fundamentally changing how the species design system works.
...or you just don't prioritize pure efficiency. Maybe you're RPing what the cyborg creator species used to be like. Maybe you're gonna "gift" those cyborgs to other empires where they can grow freely and multiply.
Its not exactly a huge problem.