Fleet Battles AI issues

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I've just found out that the AI in SCO's Fleet Battles (Crazy difficulty) does not seem to be any smarter than SC2's Awesome AI. If anything, it seems quite a bit dumber in some cases.

To elaborate, it only seems to be any kind of threat at close range. Yesterday I used a long-range ship (the Lexite Interceptor) and managed to single-handedly beat the entire enemy fleet (the premade Scryve Empire fleet - Scryve Battlecruiser, Drenkend Carrier, Trandals Frigate, The Measured Response, Phamysht Consumer, Menkmack Negotiator, and Scryve Scout). And for the most part, the enemy ships didn't even attempt to fight me - they just flew away from me, and happily wandered into the green fog that damaged them, never paying any kind of attention to it. I just kept my distance from the enemy and it all became a piece of cake. Are there any plans to make the AI more intelligent, and less suicidal (like with the green fog)?

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Reply #1 from StarControl Forums Top

Are there any plans to make the AI more intelligent, and less suicidal (like with the green fog)?
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Oh, you wanna talk suicidal...one of my custom ships spends all of its time in the green fog, smashing itself into asteroids...and all the while killing off its crew while it does it.

I've asked about this multiple times with no response from Stardock; my hypothesis is that there is an alien race that eats the fog or asteroids for power or crew or something--like the Slylandro in SC2--and it's made to do it by the parts I've used or something...and it really shouldn't be doing it in Fleet Battles, but someone made a boo-boo leaving that code in.

That's just my guess.

Reply #2 from StarControl Forums Top

It's this bad boy, here:

See those mossy/lichen-y bits? Looks like something that might've been caused by the Pinthi Contagion ship, right? Like it got all diseased or something (hence my calling it "The Infected")...? And it's got rocks sticking out of it, like it's been eating them.

I swear this thing uses asteroids and/or the green fog for food, and that's why it kamikazes itself.

I'm tempted to make a YouTube video of it...

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Reply #3 from StarControl Forums Top

It is true.  The AI in Fleet Battles isn't due for an update until July.  It's currently at "works ok but ain't great" level.  (that's a technical term...)

 

 

Reply #4 from StarControl Forums Top

Okay, so I built a new ship with those moss-covered parts and it didn't try to throw itself into the fog of war, there.

So...I d'know what's causing it.