So how does this tech and prestige work?

**Polemists** · 03-07-2009, 08:30

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.

**A Very Super Market** · 03-07-2009, 08:37

Now they are a mixture of all your accomplishments. Tech contributes, army size contributes, army victories contribute, bla blabla....

**Bob the Insane** · 03-09-2009, 04:41

Argh!! I just realized that you can research more than one tech at a time!!

In the top of the tech window are your schools (if you have more than one), and you can select them (the schools at the top) one at a time and assign a tech to each school!!

No wonder I was dropping so far behind the AI...

**Ishmael** · 03-09-2009, 10:44

have a look in one of the tabs, it gives a prestige breakdown (the 4 areas I saw were navy, tech-the probable source of your woes, army and economy). Try to improve these areas. I think military is having a big army mostly, not actually conquering. As for tech trading, it can be downright ridiculous-i offered 'very friendly' GB 3 techs and 40k as the dutch for a single tech, and they refused with 'Knowledge given is not as prized as knowledge earned.' GRAAAGH! Stop saying that!