[Kentavr]

An AI doesn't need to cheat to win.

An AI does, however, need to be able to take into account all the data that a human would to see and react. Currently, I don't think the AI on SE4 is even close to finished. Heck, the personality files aren't even finished... They said more things in SE3.

MOO had a better diplomacy model? What? 'You must be my friend, or I'll declare war!' 'Declare war on Joe or I'll declare war on you!' 'You have to many points, I declare war on you!'... I think those are all the modes in MOO2 I saw. That, and, 'I won't speak to you, we're at war!' so you couldn't even offer to surrender to them, let alone ask them to surrender. Sheesh.

C'mon, MOO2 crashed every fifty turns, the 'large' galaxy wouldn't even be half the size of a 'small quadrant' in SE4... I'd happily play SE3 over MOO2, let alone SE4, where I can tweak to my heart's desire.

Better model? Gaining dust? What kind of gamers are you? 5000 point racial advantages? Geez, no wonder the AI can't keep up with you war-mongers. Think in-character... If you're ready to nuke them before they've even met you, you can hardly blame them for losing. Sure they can't explore to well yet, an' they often get tied up in meaningless little battles. But think of all the things they -can- do!

AI is a long, labourious project, which often requires hours and hours of tweaking to find out why Emperor Joe decided to go left instead of right. Even the computer player's Tactical combat is better than in MOO or even SE3. With more weapons, even!

The one thing I could suggest, though, it'd be nice to get some direct feedback on the updates... Like an email list for registered Users?

Anyhow. I'll stop picking on y'all and go back to fighting my way across the universe to dislodge my spouse from her stronghold behind the great rift...

- Crissa

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Crissa Kentavr
Lost Girls