He's saying that the AI doesn't kill the inhibitors (the title is confusing), but that it should prioritize them so it isn't so easy to destroy large chunks of its fleet because it's trying to retreat with a 700% charge-up time.

I have to agree with OP.

Yesterday there was big battle (with lots of slowdown) on one of my Asteroid Border Worlds. The Enemy (TEC) had a big fleet with several capital ships, I (Advent) had about equal force. My fleet got the upper hand, and the enemy started fleeing, however, since the PJI was intact (undamaged, even) my fleet was able to destrioy all three capital ships of the enemy fleet, and several frigates and cruisers aswell while they were trying to jump. The PJI should have a higher priority on AI's hit-list.

I on the other hand make a point of destroying all enemy PJI's first when i assault a planet, learned it the hard way..

problem with online play is it isnt actually casual enough. you pretty much have to commit an afternoon or an entire evening to play out a game of sins. whereas offline I can play the same game on and off for a week as the mood takes me. which is usually only for about an hour at a time

Should They prioritise inhibitors? Yes, when they are retreating, or planning to retreat. In fact, they should have the option to abandon their squadrons, who will continue to make attack runs on the inhibitor while the fleet prepares to jump away.

This is NOT a good idea.  If the Ai is prioritized to destroy the inhibitors first they will always be destroyed making them useless.

The Inhibitors aren't there to stop huge fleets from moving around.
In my opinion, Inhibitors are supposed to make small scale irritating hit-and-run tactics ineffective due to being unable to get away.

Inhibitors have to be prioritized by the AI. In my longest game I took out 10000 frigates, most of them during battles that went like this:
- AI brings a he-oooge fleet to one of my planets but doesn't bother killing the inhibitor.
- I Marauder-to-Phase-Stabilizer jump my fleet to intercept.
- the AI goes like "Aw !@#$% !! Eject Eject Eject!!!" and makes a run for it towards a phase line.
- not killing the Inhibitor
- so I just bring my level 5+ Space egg next to the enemy fleet, wait till they have their jump almost loaded and throw Gravity Warhead.
- the enemy doesn't even fight, desperately tries to jump away. As soon as the ability fades off, the AI ships again try to jump away.
- when they've almost loaded their jump, my space egg has Grav Warhead ready again. Rinse, repeat, for up to 20 minutes or so.
- My WtfDatMustBeZillionzOfEm enforcers grind the helpless enemy ships to nails in the meantime.

So yeah, something should be done about the AI there.

Suggestion: Make jump inhibitors ~30% tougher, so they're not so easily killed, but make them somewhere near top priority for AIs and make them top priority if the AI wants to evacuate. (i.e. if they wanna run away, they should first bang the inhibitor)

Easy just don't build PJI for more challenge.

You might be surprised at just how fast an online game can go.  For example, a 3v3 on the large random single star map is normally decided within an hour-and-a-half and generally doesn't last much longer than two hours.  If the players on the losing team are saavy they realize that the game has been decided and say "gg", then quit or surrender, giving you the victory screen.  Come try it sometime.  At least come to ICO just to see what's going on and to say hello to some other Sins players.

All that is being suggested is that you can at least come online and try a comp stomp - humans vs AI. You don't know how NICE it is to have an ally (assuming they aren't a @$$) who will work with you rather then telling you attacking planet A or fighting a fleet at planet B doesn't fit in with their plans...

I disagree with a HP buff, since in multi someone could build several and you could never destroy them all before you had to retreat

Great thread and agree with OP fully!

Worth a hot fix if you ask me

What was being said about the egg earlier, I fully agree. The AI should cop on that its not being allowed to charge up its jump cycle and shift tactics.