Making peace with the AI

Renegade 13 · #1 September 4th, 2004, 02:54 PM

Its actually quite easy to make peace with the AI, as mentioned above. Kill them. That's all it takes! But if they're larger than you, that can prove to be a little difficult. So, if they're larger than you, there are three final options:

1. Surrender. Usually not considered conducive to winning the game, and furthering your race.
2. Make alliances with other empires, build up as much as you can, then go on the offensive. When and if that fails, wait for your empire to be totally obliterated.
3. Unleash your ultra powerful secret weapon that no AI race has access to. Its called the......"New Game" button! No AI can match its unparalled power. What it does, it obliterates all your enemies to such an extent that its as if they never existed. Even the star systems change their positions and composition. Only your race can survive, although their technology level may be reduced, along with their number of ships, populations, planets, systems, etc. But you will have attained the ultimate victory over your enemies. Best of all, this weapon can be used an infinite amount of time, or at least until your computer dies on you, because you've clicked "New Game" too many times!!

Of course, this advice is foolish, moronic, and totally made just for a laugh.

Alneyan · #2 September 4th, 2004, 03:06 PM

Do not forget the Almighty Weapon of Incredible Devastating Potential, Whose Name Should Not Be Spoken Aloud. This wonderful weapon, truly one of its kind, is a marvel of technology, and the greatest achievement of mankind. Nobody else can discover such an advanced device, least of all an AI.

So, this panacea of all troubles is as follow. When faced with a powerful AI, and if your pride cannot be tarnished by the infamy of defeat, you should take over their Empires and execute their ministers. This will completely destroy the "intelligence" part of AI, leaving them with a bunch of planets and warships, but no ability to actually do anything useful with them.

Therefore, if you are losing a game pretty badly, I urge you to put this awesome weapon to good use. Prevent the AI from thinking, and you have won! If you still manage to lose, you should let the Council of Evil Overlords know about your failure, so that they will be able to retire you quickly and effectively.