[Talenn]

Lintman:

Yes, I play low-tech start and on a small map too so most of the games are resolved by the light cruiser era of technology. I was toying with upping the numbers to see the better techs in the smaller games as well.

I tried playing on a larger map, but 100+ turns of build-up to find that there was NO competition was pretty boring. The AI seems to really only have a chance when the conflicts are early and brutal...ie before the player can put his/her superior ship building and expansion management to good use. In the early 'frigate wars' the AI does a fair job, and at the very least it trips you up long enough for OTHER AI players to get a jump.

Talenn