"Poaching" No Longer Works

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Under the "Opportunity" ideology, the last option called "Poaching" does not work.  The first screen snapshot below shows that I have used a culture point to select that option.  The second screen snapshot shows that Iridia, a world that I just captured, is not a Core World meaning that it does not have a Governor, which means that "Poaching" did not work.  This has happened with a number of previous worlds that I have conquered, but it took a while before I was sure that it was not working and I got annoyed enough to post about it.  For what it is worth, "Poaching" worked well in previous test versions so it looks like a change you made in the latest version has broken this.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Iridia wasn't just a Core, it was that Civilization's homeworld/capital.

Poaching should not work on homeworlds, as the "Governor" of the homeworld is the Civilization's Leader.  On a flavor note, it would make little sense for you to employ the leader of the Civilization you were just at war with.  As to game balance, Civilization Leaders have some pretty powerful buffs and that would make this a little over-powered.