From: Gavin Wynford-Jones <GavinWJ@compuserve.com>
I'd love to see the calculation of how that order determines the amount of
gold stolen. I don't think I'm alone in that.
the tax base of the pop centre (2500*lv) plus gold production is the
maximum. An agent will steal a proportion of that depending on rank and
a random factor.
Oddly this seems to apply to each steal from the same pop , not the
total that turn.
I would however modify the order to only allow thefts from nations which
are hostile to the thief; no stealing from your buddies or nations towards
whom you are neutral. That alone would cut down on a lot of the perceived
abuses.
it's the best way to train agents. Changing this would probably bias
the game towards the DS, who start with better agents
Martin
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In message <199906161619_MC2-79AD-3488@compuserve.com>, Gavin Wynford- Jones <GavinWJ@compuserve.com> writes