Minor Races not so chatty in Crusade?

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I can't talk to minor races in Crusade? Is this just my system bugging or did the update take their ability to interact away? 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Due to concerns over bring able to exploit minors diplomatically you can not interact with them other than to send freighters for trade or invade their planets.  Due to changes in the new gameplay they don't seem to do much as far as building ships I have seen a freighter but that been about it so far.  Personnally I like to see some changes to this long term as the current diplomacy bugs get fixed.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top


    <SpecialBehavior>DoesNotTrade</SpecialBehavior>
    <SpecialBehavior>DoesNotSpeakToPlayer</SpecialBehavior>

 

These have been added to all minor races.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

You can still trade/talk to them, just not the usual way you were used to. Click on their planet and you'll see the Speak To button. Or, go into the diplomacy screen and talk to someone else, then click on the right arrow to the right of their name to scroll through all the people you can talk to and the minors still show up there.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Avatar137, reply 3

You can still trade/talk to them, just not the usual way you were used to. Click on their planet and you'll see the Speak To button. Or, go into the diplomacy screen and talk to someone else, then click on the right arrow to the right of their name to scroll through all the people you can talk to and the minors still show up there.
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That looks more like an oversight than intentional to me ... ;)

Why not make them more reluctant/greedy/careful/sneaky when trading instead of shutting them off completely?

On the other hand, why have minors as such? Just make them majors, but give them less bonuses and starting credits. Could be a new "minor" race trait: gives them less money and sets their bonuses internally back one AI level (so e. g. when they are set to "gifted" they get the bonuses from "normal"). That should be enough so that they develop much slower and appear as "minors" to the "major" races.

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting lyssailcor, reply 4
That looks more like an oversight than intentional to me ... ;)
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Totally agree, wasn't commenting on that aspect one way or the other, just letting the OP know that you still can if you so desire... :)

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

They used to be nothing but money bag/tech dump for Major races. They don't expand. They rarely participate in galactic event. They are just being there to be exploit and bully by everything else. So Dev disable diplomacy against them. I hope it is just band-aid until they find a way to change or improve them.