[Talenn]

Sinapus:

Yes, inserting a 'defense ship' with many PD weapons will help, but there is no guarantee it will use those ships to 'escort' the others etc. And they would be a total waste vs a race that ISNT using Missiles/Fighters although they would always be built. Its tough to work around this problem for the AI as players will be able to easily adapt and the AI cant.

Also, many times the AI doesnt even HAVE PD weapons until later in the game. Its very possible to win wars vs AI players without building a hull bigger than Frigate. Of course this is in no way challenging and I havent done so since the first few games I've played, but its still something I'd like to see taken care of at some point.

Even if multiplayer games Missiles are THE way to go in the early game IMO. DF weapons just cant compete until players are able to research PD weapons up. I am heavily considering yanking missile as a starting tech. I might put in a cheesey little 'standard missile' in to give some flavor but the basic CSM1 is far more powerful than the pea-shooters you can get.
I've also just gone in and added an 'Early PD Cannon' to my tech set and that has helped when its Human vs Human, but the AI is still dreadfully outclassed even WITH the PD on it's ships.


Talenn