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0002435AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - AI Type IdeasJan 14, 2011 6:02 pm
ReporterTechSY730 Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status closedResolutionwon't fix 
Product Version4.066 
Summary0002435: Add scorched-earth AI to "ultra-hard" AI list
DescriptionThink about it, 1 scorched earth basically cuts off half the galaxies resources. 2 cuts off almost all of them. I think that is game breaking enough to deserve exclusion from the "normal" AIs. As such, I think it deserves a spot on the "ultra-hard" AI list, so that it gets excluded from the AI-hard random non-technologist and AI random non-technologist AI options.
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TechSY730

Jan 14, 2011 2:08 pm

reporter   ~0008475

Oh, and I forgot to mention. This will also highlight the AI red in the AI selection list, like the others currently there.

Chris_McElligottPark

Jan 14, 2011 2:46 pm

administrator   ~0008478

I hear what you're saying, but this is a pretty simple AI in most other respects. It's not any harder than, say, an alarmist if there is just one of them. There are definitely some AI type pairings even outside of the technologist ones where doubling them just makes it insane, but that doesn't mean they should be exclusively on the extra-hard list, in my opinion.

Red Spot

Jan 14, 2011 2:56 pm

reporter   ~0008479

It is not that this AI is difficult, it is that it can easily become very annoying. For the rest it might even be one of the easier medium AI-types.
It might warrant an extra *caution* in the description, but as an AI it is similair as a starship AI in the easy AI-types list. It can become frustration cause of raid ships etc, but it surelly isnt a hard AI.

Vinraith

Jan 14, 2011 5:30 pm

reporter   ~0008491

Chris, is there anything to the idea of coding a simple additional switch in the AI type randomizer that ensures you don't get two of the same type? I can't think of a situation where two AI's of the same type is desirable, with some doublings resulting in a deadly dull game and others resulting in an insanely difficult one.

Chris_McElligottPark

Jan 14, 2011 5:33 pm

administrator   ~0008492

It's certainly possible -- I figured it was interesting to sometimes have duplicates, but probably it's really not. I'll add that in.

TechSY730

Jan 14, 2011 6:02 pm

reporter   ~0008493

Thanks, that was my biggest concern.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Jan 14, 2011 2:06 pm TechSY730 New Issue
Jan 14, 2011 2:08 pm TechSY730 Note Added: 0008475
Jan 14, 2011 2:46 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0008478
Jan 14, 2011 2:46 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => closed
Jan 14, 2011 2:46 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Jan 14, 2011 2:46 pm Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => won't fix
Jan 14, 2011 2:56 pm Red Spot Note Added: 0008479
Jan 14, 2011 5:30 pm Vinraith Note Added: 0008491
Jan 14, 2011 5:33 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0008492
Jan 14, 2011 6:02 pm TechSY730 Note Added: 0008493