Esiponaging Question
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:11 pm
by minmum11
What level espionage research do I need to view certain aspects of the enemy planet? Like fleets, Defenses, buildings.
Re: Esiponaging Question
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:25 pm
by Witchywoman
You should be able to find your questions answer here.... as it is almost same question. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1862&p=13769&hilit=espionage#p13769
For more helpful information on espionaging you can view the following links
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2016&p=14899&hilit=espionage#p14899
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2422&hilit=espionage
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2837&p=27165&hilit=espionage#p27165
For future reference please take a little bit of time and use the search feature before posting a question. 
Re: Esiponaging Question
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:29 pm
by Oloros
It depends on your espionage tech level vs. theirs. If you are one higher (or maybe equal, not sure), a single probe will do. If you're lower, you have to send more probes to get full info. Sometimes 10 will do, sometimes it takes 50 or more.
The easiest thing to see is resources. If you're tech is better enough (or you send enough probes), you then see fleet, then defenses, then buildings, then research.
All in all, keep building your espionage tech up as you can.
(If more experienced folk have better answers, please chip in.)
Re: Esiponaging Question
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:51 pm
by Witchywoman
Spankie wrote:the higher the research, the more info you will recieve when compared to the person you are trying to probe, if his/her espionage is higher than yours, you will need to send more probes.
Basically, from what I have seen, 3 additional probes will give you one additional layer of info. so if you get only resources, 3 more will usually give you fleet, 6 more will give you defenses, 9 more will give you buildings, and 12 more will give you technologies. This is general and not verified, but it has worked for me. Each level of espionage you increase, you can basically reduce your probes by 3 as well
This was the answer, which is correct, from the FIRST LINK I gave in my original post here.