What tech does the AI not use and why?

Krsqk · #1 September 5th, 2002, 02:56 PM

One of the biggest problems with Stellar Manip ships is that the AI does not multi-task. If it has 5 storm destroyer ships, it sends them all to the same storm. The first one destroys it, and the others get a "cannot destroy storm" error. Ditto for star creators, black hole/nebula destroyers, etc...

DirectorTsaarx · #2 September 5th, 2002, 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by AJC:
The Dominion Imperium gold AI uses some of these techs , like computer virus & allegiance subverters and boarding crews on boarding ships ( a really nasty combination) . it places MCs on ships to stop allegiance subverters, It also builds System gravitational shield facilties

Most of the unmodded AI's should use the System Gravitational Shield Facilities (at least in a game setup with "not all systems connected"). I've seen Organic AI's make pretty good use of organic facilities & Temporal AI's make good use of Temporal facilities. No experience with Crystalline, Psychic or Religious facilities, though...

I have not seen the following components used by the stock AI: tractor beams, repulsor beams, wormhole weapons, stealth armor, scattering armor, quantum reactors, emergency propulsion/resupply pods, or repair bays. I've seen ship yard components on bases, but never on a ship; and I've never seen a stock AI build bases on warppoints. I've also noticed that the stock AI always uses the "Small Rocket Pod" weapon on fighters, never using the small DUCs/APBs/MBs/etc; not certain whether AI's with racial tech will build better fighters - I have yet to see a racial AI use fighters at all...

Arkcon · #3 September 5th, 2002, 10:20 PM

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Originally posted by Baron Grazic:

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The one exception to stellar manipulation is a create planet ship. The AI seems to do a pretty good job of creating planets and colonizing them.

Not sure if I Fully agree with this statement. Somehow sending a Planet Creation Ship into Enemy Claimed Space to create a planet doesn't sound very 'effective'.

Yeah, I once followed the Space Vikings planet creator around with a stack of colonizers. Oh, that was soooo cheezy. But lol can you just picture the look on their faces. And to think I was gonna actually build a planet creator myself.