Easier tech sharing about stars-nova

[marhawkman]

I like the osmosis idea. What form should it take?

I'd do it as a function of your current tech levels. IE if you have level 10 and your ally has 5 then they'll get a lot more than if they have 9. Maybe set the actual amount to be based on the amount you have to spend to get to that level?

[ekolis]

The problem with passive osmosis is that it makes tech trading TOO easy and leads to cookie cutter empires that are not at all different. I agree that a larger difference in tech levels should produce a larger gain per turn if we do things this way, though.

[marhawkman]

I'd make it pretty slow. IE you don't get one tech level per turn unless your ally who's sharing has a HUGE advantage. Not sure exactly how to calculate it though.

Maybe compare the level difference, and give the lower tech player a percentage of the number of points they would need to reach the higher level player? Maybe 1% or.5%? The idea being you're never really going to catch up if you don't invest, but will get progress towards catching them.