So how does this tech and prestige work?

[Eusebius86]

I have a gentlemen in each college and 3 in my Stockholm university and 3 in my Denmark university, my two biggest research institutes.

Despite this im still getting thrashed on tech, not even my good friends will trade techs with me cheaply and those that do will ask ridiculous demands such as 3 of my military techs for one of theirs. Doesn't seem all that realistic ya know.

Do you offer cash when asking for tech?

[tibilicus]

Do you offer cash when asking for tech?

Yup, normally in the region of 5k plus and even then it's difficult to squeeze a deal out of them.

[Eusebius86]

Yup, normally in the region of 5k plus and even then it's difficult to squeeze a deal out of them.

I guess the VH AI asks for unreasonable fees for tech then... for vanilla at least.

[A Very Super Market]

No, they just love their tech too much to give up. I don't blame them, because it is fairly hard to actually get them

[Mailman653]

Or the AI just want's to keep you down.

[quadalpha]

You can demand tech in peace settlements.

[Polemists]

prestige usually, in MTW anyway, worked based on the regions you own based on victory conditions.

So if you take a region that is not part of your victory conditions (list of provinces you must have to win the game) you may get only a couple points.

Where as you if take a region listed in your victory conditions, you get expodentially more.

So for instance, if I was playing Austria, I would get far more prestiege for taking Venice or East Prussia, then I would for taking over France. Even though conquering Paris would seem more prestigious, it is not part of the victory conditions, and therefore only minor points.

At least that's how it used to be.

[Beskar]

Yup, normally in the region of 5k plus and even then it's difficult to squeeze a deal out of them.

That's nothing, they refuse me when I offer over 50k, but the thing is in the America game where this is happening, every state is fully tech'd apart from mine due to the AI's inter-lending as it does.

[ZIM!!]

I am playing as the United Provinces.It looks like I only have 1 university am I correct on this?, Its understandable if that were the case because I only have 1 European province. So I’ve been trying to build another University somewhere but I don’t seem to have that option Is it possible to build another University or can you only upgrade the ones you have and capture new ones?

Also I upgraded my university and it said it spawns gentleman but its been like 6 turns and none have appeared???

[Furunculus]

What is the benefit of having more than one University, other than the possibility of spawning more gentlemen?

can you research more than one tech if you have more than one university?
or
do extra extra universities add cumulatively to the speed of research?
or
is it only that you might spawn a few more gentlemen as a result?

cheers

[Wausser]

For every school/college/university you can research a technology, I currently have like 8 universities in my UP campgain, which gives my the ability to research 8 techs a time.
Furthermore, having more universities enlarges the chance to spawn a gentleman

[ZIM!!]

For every school/college/university you can research a technology, I currently have like 8 universities in my UP campgain, which gives my the ability to research 8 techs a time.
Furthermore, having more universities enlarges the chance to spawn a gentleman

Thanks! couple of questions


Did you start withonly 1 UP university?

How did you get all those universities did you capture or build them?

[Furunculus]

For every school/college/university you can research a technology, I currently have like 8 universities in my UP campgain, which gives my the ability to research 8 techs a time.
Furthermore, having more universities enlarges the chance to spawn a gentleman

How does this mechanic actually work, as you select a tech to research from the tech tab, not from within the specific university?

I'm confused.