30-05-2002 10:47									#1
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Hey I'm new here obviously. I played Civ II for about 4 years, and I just started playing Civ III with the latest patch, and I know in II you could buy techs and Wonders, but in this version I can't see any way to do that, I just end up waiting til the turns are up. I noticed someone mentioning it in one of the other posts. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

	30-05-2002 10:57									#2
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To buy techs you must first make contact with one of the AI's civilizations
After you make contack you go to the diplomacy screen F4 or you press (shft + d) you talk to the AI you want to buy the tech from, select Technologies and the tech you need, you ask them "what do you want for ..... " they will tell you what they want.
You can obviously lower a little bit you offer, just be sure that your Foreign advisor say "I think this deal is acceptable".
You offer the deal and now you have the tech.

You can not any longer buy wonders, but you can rush them with one great leader, the great leader is a special unit that born from one of your many battles, once you have one of them you can form an army with him, or ruch a city improvement, including a wonder.

Saluti

	30-05-2002 11:01									#3
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Oh okay thanks! I thought people meant you could buy them like you used to be able to buy wonders. How ling does it take to get a great leader? I have had several elite units that fight and fight but never become leaders, and when I upgraded an elite archer to a longbowman, he became a veteran again.

	30-05-2002 11:04									#4
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They calculated that for non-militaristic civ great leader you have 1 chance on 16.
For militaristic or non-militaristoc + Heroic Epic you'll have 1 chance on 12.

This means... it is very rare thing.

When you upgrade an elite unit this will become veteran...

Saluti

	30-05-2002 11:16									#5
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Thanks for all your help!

	30-05-2002 14:47									#6
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Just a precision: you can not buy a tech if you are not able to discover it. So the tech do not appear in the AI list, even if the AI already has it. Example: you can not buy any Middle Age tech if you still are in the Ancient Era.

	30-05-2002 17:02									#7
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quote: Originally posted by twin tiger Thanks for all your help!

You are welcome

Saluti

	30-05-2002 22:19									#8
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just a detail:

an elite unite can only create one!! leader!!!, so after use to protect a safe city, disband or upgrade( after an upgrade it's possible to get an leader again( you will lose an hp after upgrading though!)

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