[Slick]

I know you asked for problems, but I haven't seen any yet. I have seen something encouraging. With the new patch, the AI is supposed to use its bonus a little better. I can confirm that I have seen AI fleets of 35+ ships! And, yes, I said fleetS, meaning more than one large fleet in powerful empires. I saw a really large fleet of the Krill which was very balanced. I have also seen the AI capture planets more frequently. I had seen this (rarely) in pre-1.84, but it is more frequent now. Also its use of stellar manipulation is increased.

Prior to this patch, it seemed like the AI would always run into economic problems and not be able to handle expensive things like large fleet maintenance, Stellar Manipulation, etc. With the change:

v1.82
2. Fixed - Computer Players which had a "Computer Player Bonus" set above None were not using all of their bonus funds.

the stock and modified AI seems to have a cascade improvement and is doing lots of things better.

Great work, guys!

[edit: I just saw an AI fleet of 59 ships!!!]

Slick.

[ February 03, 2003, 04:11: Message edited by: Slick ]