AI Civs Spamming Single Ships Under 1.71.495696

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I may be mistaken but, in the fog of my memory, I thought the AI was being modified to not spam single ships and to instead create fleets.  If I am wrong, I highly recommend that you do make that change.  The screen snapshot below shows a large number of single ships being sent my way by the Baratak.  It looks like "The Attack of the Fireflies".  There is no way that they can succeed with this strategy and killing them one by one is a very tedious part of the end game.

Here is a link to a save file on DropBox that will let you see this (they are in the top right sector):

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gkcz6lmih2t4oavlrbof1/Single-Ships-Under-1.71.495696.GC4Sav?rlkey=lesxy3b56df5b3sl97wwuat0k&dl=0

You might also use this save to check how you are calculating the components of Prestige Victory Progress. Specifically, take a look at the Military Power score.  The Torians and I both have a score of 18, but if you look in the Data Bank at our relative Military Power, I am way ahead.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

I noticed some of my A.I. doing this as well 

Reply #2 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

They also sometimes throw 4 or 5 unprotected transports after send a few fleets in.

 

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Reply #3 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

The following screen snapshot shows that the AI civs that spam single ships have also indoctrinated them in the Kamikaze tradition.  What possible sense does it make to have single ships attack large fleets where they do not even get a shot in before they are destroyed?

Reply #4 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Another case of a single Baratak ship attacking one of my fleets, but this time the interesting thing is to look at the name of the ship (B.G.S Cruiser M9-15) and then look at the ship Class and Hull Size which is "Battleship" and "Battleship Hull".

2 questions:

  1. Why is the AI putting "Cruiser" in the name of a Battleship?
  2. Why isn't there a "." after the "S" in the name?  (it should be B.G.S. not B.G.S)

Reply #5 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

I thought this was resolved before, looks like its managed to creep back up, thanks for reporting!

Reply #6 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

This behavior was supposed to apply only to pirates and monsters.  I wonder if somehow it leaked onto the main AI as well?