Re: AI is BETTER??
Yes, the AI puts much more of a fight. Especially with Mephisto's mod, it will frequently beat you.
However, I am still not convinced that it is significantly better. There are some improvements in the area of minesweeping and missile dodging, but I have the impression that most of the better challenge is just due to the fact that the AI attacks you earlier and more frequently. The AI strategy and tactics are still not a good as they should be. In my latest game, the EEE were still sending in their dreadnaughts one at a time, while massing them into a fleet would have finished me.
Better use of fleets, better target identification and a more consequent follow up on attacks, these are the things on my wishlist for the next patch. All of them seem to be implementable to me. If they are combined with the increased aggressiveness, the AI would actually become an opponent to be respected.
|