Well EXCUSE me for living!

[Elmo]

FWIW: I'm currently at war with one AI empire and have been for quite a few turns in a PBEM game. At the same time I have partnerships with two other AI empires and they continue to have Brotherly feelings toward me with no outward signs of wavering in their friendliness. Seems like there is a wide range of possible AI actions and reactions toward non-AI empires.

Elmo

[General Hawkwing]

Elmo,
Did you declare war or did the AI?
What is your score relative to the rest of the AI's? (ahead by 100% or more, ahead by 50%, about even, or below)

This would influence their response.

[Seawolf]

Now who was saying that beating the AI was easy? Also the AI does not cheat!! Nice work MM!

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Seawolf on the prowl

[Comar]

You have the choice to give the AI advantages or not, but from what I can tell it does not cheat. We are in a multi-player game where the AI is busy kicking the butt off two human players that are working together. Ugly, ugly, ugly.

This AI can give you a very good fight and, if you are not very careful, whip you.

[General Hawkwing]

Good, I would expect no less from MM. But why cann't the AI do this in demo 0.99? I thought that was based on the gold code. Are you using sim. combat or tactical?
Demo 0.99 AI is vastly improved over 0.51 & 0.56 but still not near the challenge SE3 presented. Did SE3 AI advance after the gold release? I didn't start playing SE3 until Version 2.something and was wondering.

[Comar]

For all the multi-player games, the combat is simultaneous. I haven't messed with the demo, so I can't say what is going on there.

I do know that the computer does better with simultaneous that it does with tactical.

[General Hawkwing]

Comar,
Does the AI do better with sim. combat or is it just that your ships do worse?