Convincing the AI to defend with battlehammers

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It seems that the AI will keep defending with pesky defenders or ocassionaly with battleaxes even when battlehammers are available for them to build. This is based on my observations from 5+ games on 'crippling.' So, the question is: can we convince the AI to use battlehammers more extensively? They can be terribly effective at frigate/battleship stage, given their cost/defense ratio. When dreads come around, of course, they are less useful, but still pack quite a punch due to its obscene amount of hit points.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Battlehammers for defense? Heck, they're my primary offensive ship once I get them up until I get Dreadnaughts! :) I agree, though, that the AI could make better use of them.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I use bhammers for defense because of their short range, low attack value and slow speed. ;)
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes, before dreads, I typically garrison each planet with 2 BHammers & 2 BAxes. I haven't seen the AI punch through this yet - they're both cheap enough that I can replace anything that gets destroyed and I'm never *that* far behind any of the AIs that come a knockin'. Plus, since they're also good on offense, they work well for smacking any transports or lighter ships on my turn before ducking back into orbit :)

Of coure, if the AI started using BHammers more, that would really make planetary conquest into a bitch, which I guess would be the point for some people :)