How do I use Truce Among Rogues?

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Ive got truce among rogues. What exactly does it do and how and who and when do I use it on? Im playing against AIs

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

all ships that belong to pirate faction, including the ones that are around planets (you know the ai ships that are there to slow down expansion) will no longer attack you. this means you could use a colony ship to take over every planet on the map no problems. you can even build SB in the pirate planet well. the downside is you cant attack them either.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Eh, thats not really THAT much of an advantage, I mean, you need 4 civil research stations to get it and by that time, killing the pirates around the planets isnt really a big deal. Have you found it to be much of a help?

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

It's pretty useful in my inhouse versus matches. My buddy who plays a TR has TAR by the time the first pirate bounty goes off. He also plays in a way that he has literally 3-4 colony frigates waiting to take a planet each as soon as it finishes.

 

Using this strategy, he has a super expansionist strategy early on. He's able to attack with his Marza+L.Frigates one direction, and colonize 3+ planets immediately in the other direction.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

the advantages/ useful parts of it come in 3.

 

1) easy early game expansion.

 

2) free defences at your colonies (i admit they are not that useful but can slow an attacker down)

 

3) in SP you don't have to worry about pirates. in MP you either don't have to worry about pirate raids or you can lessen the raid options for the opposing teams. (your bounty wont increase after you have it)

 

in SP i don't worry about it that much considering Pirates are merly annoying and the AI is rarely able to put more bounty on you than you are on it (hard and lower AI only). in MP i either get the research then scuttle my civ labs so i can do titan research (Truce Amoung Rogues is one of the few tecs that once researched is not dependent on how many civ labs you have to stay active). as it stands you can get all 4 civ labs needed on just your HW if you do the logistics slots upgrade.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Its a tradeoff, a rather poor one considering pirates are almost never on in multiplayer. You get to expands as much as you want, but you cannot creep from a pirate base, so you have to baby them to make sure titans do not go in to creep off them.