Re: cheating with the help of AI
I think it's much more of a problem that you can cheat the AI blind in trades if you know some tricks. And also much more of a problem that the AI is completely mindless about declaring war. If you manage to get your enemy into a conflict with the AI, by use of the 'Communications Mimic' intel project for example, it is almost impossible to get OUT of the war no matter how disadvantageous it is for the AI in real terms.
BTW, there was a hilarious exploit in MOO II that you could pull on the AI if you were telepathic. Once you get to cruisers, steal a colony with 'mind control'. The AI you stole it from will send warships to retake it, of course. But you then GIVE that colony to another AI just before they arrive. The first AI's ships attack the second AI's colony. Instant war between two AIs.
[ December 06, 2002, 19:09: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]
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