Missions: Demand Money/Resources?

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Question for any other players: has someone figured out how to create the 'demand money/resources' mission types?  We've been told that the tech which lets us give materials also lets us create missions to demand them.  Thus far, the AI still offers me these missions, but on my mission builder screens, I only ever have the ship/civilian structure/tactical structure mission types, regardless of maxing out the diplomacy tech tree.

Is there a box somewhere I'm missing? 

 

For the devs: Is this not implemented yet?  Has it been scrapped?  Am I just blind?

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

I believe the AI also requires that technology in order to complete those quests, which is something we may consider removing as a requirement for AI.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

I don't think both factions should need the tech to demand resources; it just limits the faction that gets it first.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I've had them ask me for give-resources mission, and been unable to ask them for one.  This would suggest THEY have the tech, AND I know I have the tech.  Again, is this a bug, or simply me not being able to find the setting to let me do it?

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Hm, I've never had that problem. Once the tech is researched, it is in a separate option in the missions list. However, the only time I tried doing this was during a locked teams game...I could not give my allies a mission to give me resources, only my enemies. >:(

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

I think the AI offering you resource missions before you have the tech may simply be something we overlooked. I'll be sure to fix that up. As far as giving players resource missions before they have the tech that becomes an issue because half the idea behind that tech was to stop immediate feeding in multiplayer games.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Missions: Demand Money/Resources?

why not WE DEMAND UR SURRENDER WITHOUT ANY CONDITION OR ELSE....?

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

I've recently played two games against both human and AI opponents and was unable to issue the "give resource" mission to most everyone.  I'm pretty sure this feature is bugged in regard to the AI -- they were demanding money from me but I couldn't from them. (edit: I had the demand tribute technology researched)

I'm not sure I understand the point of restricting this mission only to players who have researched the tech.  It doesn't make sense that I can't demand money from an ally/non-ally once I've researched the tech.  Can we at least have an option to enable this capability for those of us who play with friends and aren't concerned with the feeding issue?

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Also, what happened to mission: Demand milk & cookies?

Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

I'm right with you there, Apheirox! My mom has insisted, ever since the vanilla days, that one of the Vasari is saying "Give me the cookies", which I never understood.

That aside, I think it doesn't seem right that both me and someone else need to have something researched. Suppose they or I never get around to it? I could understand if I need to have it researched to issue it to someone else, but I don't agree with that either. I for one think once I research the item that allows me to issue a mission, I shouldn't need to wait until whichever it turns out I need is done researching. I would rather not have to worry about having the right ones researched ahead of time or turning out that I missed one after I realise that it's crucial to me at that particular point in time.

Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top

Maybe just disallow that mission from allies in a locked game until they both have the tech, but allow it when only one party has the tech in unlocked games.