what i think the ai can do (a lot) better
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Hello again everyone, i now consistently beat suicidal difficulty ais with any race on any settings on gigantic sized maps with common stars/planets and slow tech rate. The latest game im playing is with the altarians (default settings) using the universalist party. and im finding the game to become a drag as it takes about 10 seconds min to finish the turn (because of my computers performance) waiting for some years to pass so the metaverse score will be acceptable.
i think the ai is very inefficient with how it uses its planets which causes it to express a severe lack of overall performance (in research, industry etc.). The only thing it does much better is getting the manufacturing capitol and restaurant of eternity up.
i will try to ellaborate some more later but for now this is my main list
feel free to add
ps. can someone confirm that if you take longer to finish a game you get a higher score?
i think the ai is very inefficient with how it uses its planets which causes it to express a severe lack of overall performance (in research, industry etc.). The only thing it does much better is getting the manufacturing capitol and restaurant of eternity up.
- the ai does sometimes not use terraforming techs (yor&drengin)
- does not appear to struggle to run at 100% spending with as much income as possible (which i do)
- does (still) not value speed so very well and i still see some speed 2 colony ships where speed 3 would simply have been much faster.
- suicidal ai does not appear to use its 200% economy very well, buying things rather then dramatically increasing spending (by building labs/factorys etc.).
- doesn't "leap" or beeline to techs (for example to a 2nd weapon/armor type to counter a target to conquer) which i do.
- doesnt do a lot of other things probably because it doesnt use its economy very well
i will try to ellaborate some more later but for now this is my main list
feel free to add
ps. can someone confirm that if you take longer to finish a game you get a higher score?