Trickle-fight AI goofiness

April 2, 2003 4:58 AM from

Is the AI supposed to stupidly send an endless stream of units that can't kill a single ship at you? I was at war with three races today, all of which built an endless stream of scouts and corvettes that couldn't kill a single battleaxe; I ended up getting a level 10 ship at pretty much every planet.

Mind you, this was on the normal AI level, but it should notice that it's not getting anywherek, and make fleets or something.

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Reply #1 April 2, 2003 5:21 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

Playing at Challenging I noticed both the Carinoids and the Drengin sending ships to beat on a starbase which is way beyond their ability to hurt. Some time into the game this starbase is now level 18 (Godlike) and typically at about 80 out of 90 hit points, currently it's defeating a stream of frigates but previously it was battlecruiser, starfighters, corvettes...

Something missing in how the AI does odds calculation maybe?

Reply #2 April 2, 2003 6:00 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

At which level are the AI's when you play 'challenging'?

I've seen this happen also with the AI's set on normal but since eventually the AI came up with ships that wiped out those starbases I thought this to be related to normal difficulty.

I suspect that the AI won't do this at intelligent difficulty.

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