Hunpecked said:
I'm currently swallowing frontier colonies of the Aquilaeians and Tessellate, and my sweeper-escorted fleets have so far encountered no mines. It would seem prudent for an AI to deploy a few minelayers to its borders before declaring war. In fact it might be prudent even in peace.
They usually lay mines fairly well, even in peace. The problem would be that they're lack of resources...
Can you send me the savegame?
Aquilaeian vs Pyrochette.
The Aquilaeian won by points at the turn 500. It was a long and weird game: the Pyrochette conquered the Aquilaeian's systems in the left side, but lost his own systems at the right side.
Verduran vs Narn Regime.
The Narn Regime won by points at the turn 500.
In some way, I have not expected a Narn's victory, because although his ships are a lot better than the Verduran's ships, the Verdurans built many many ships and fleets (and the AI is not good defending when the opponent has many fleets moving into their systems).
Computer players are set to High, so all ministers should be active. No bonus to AIs. I can see how that would handicap the them; I'm experiencing my SECOND minerals crunch of the game, despite taking a number of occupied systems.