Duplicate Stellaris - Ship upgrade/downgrade exploits

[Thirlan]

Description
Ship upgrade/downgrade exploits

Game Version
3.4

What version do you use?
Steam

What expansions do you have installed?


Do you have mods enabled?
No

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
This is an ongoing issue it seems throughout the game's history. There are numerous ship upgrade/downgrade exploits where you can generate free alloys. I'm guessing the code and math is pretty convoluted. I would go so far as to say it might be easier to just remove the upgrade option entirely from the game. So this means ships are not allowed to upgraded and If you want a new ship type, build a new one. If you want to get alloys back then allow players to scrap at 50% of the original cost. It is really a minor feature in the game and there will be some complaining but honestly it is not a critical feature and mostly one that has been exploited over and over again. It is also probably wasting a lot of time from the developers to fix each time.

Below are the two most recent exploits:

Steps to reproduce the issue.
See the videos above

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[Xenith_Shadow]

Description
Ship upgrade/downgrade exploits

Game Version
3.4

What version do you use?
Steam

What expansions do you have installed?


Do you have mods enabled?
No

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
This is an ongoing issue it seems throughout the game's history. There are numerous ship upgrade/downgrade exploits where you can generate free alloys. I'm guessing the code and math is pretty convoluted. I would go so far as to say it might be easier to just remove the upgrade option entirely from the game. So this means ships are not allowed to upgraded and If you want a new ship type, build a new one. If you want to get alloys back then allow players to scrap at 50% of the original cost. It is really a minor feature in the game and there will be some complaining but honestly it is not a critical feature and mostly one that has been exploited over and over again. It is also probably wasting a lot of time from the developers to fix each time.

Below are the two most recent exploits:

Steps to reproduce the issue.
See the videos above

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File(s) attached

There is a simpler solution that removing upgrading ship's. Just don't give resources back when a ship is "upgraded". Also closes the knowledge gap of newer player not knowing they should mothball their starting fleet to kickstart their economy.

 

[Thirlan]

Right that is a good one as well! Whatever makes the code easier to write in the end so it stops being an exploit XD

 

[Meme_Drone [Qloc]]

Hello!

Thank you for the report!

We are aware of the issue, it has already been added to our bug database.