Summary / Title

exploit-bug to win a war - exploits make war too easy with Cravers on Impossible difficulty

Description

An exploit-bug allows to beat the game too easily without effort. For example, if a ruin givse 1 Billion gold, it is too much gold, so it is an exploit.

The exploits bugs below made the war against the Cravers too easy.

MOST IMPORTANT Problem 1:

It is too easy to buy a truce with strategic resources, and this while they send lots of ship to my home system. No reason to accept a truce if they are stronger and winning the war.

I have 900 Dustineous Trees strategic resource and 300 only are enough to buy a Truce. So it costs me nothing to buy this truth. I did not see yet the purpose of strategic reosurces. It is used to build sector improvements. But nothing more.

Moreover, Cravers should be aggressive by nature so they should be less likely to make a truth when they are stronger, and when at Impossible difficulty level. The game was won once they did a truce because I could conquer other neighbours leaving my home entirely undefended from the Cravers for a while.

Proposed solution:

I recommend that you remove stategic resources from the diplomatic tree. Non military strategic resources could be removed totally from the game unless there is a substancial content to them that is added.

MOST IMPORTANT - Problem 2:

Cravers build only Medium ships without short range damage that I can beat easilty with the Turtle card.

Problem 3:

They do not group units to the maximum fleet capacity.

Problem 4: I blockadeed an outpost with a weak ship and they don't come to defend it.

Steps to Reproduce

Saved game available.

As Vodyani next to the Cravers, it was too simple to buy a Truce with the Cravers with Dustineous Trees startegic resources. I had 900 dustineous Trees. 300 were enoug hto buy a Truce with the Cravers.

Reproducibility

5/5

Expected Behavior

The truce wil be offered by the Cravers gives a lots of strategic resources.

Version

Released game on 20 May 2017.

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