[Raapys]

I was thinking, it would probably be alot better for the AI if, for instance, all planets' facility slots were doubled, while all relevant facilities( i.e. research, intelligence, mining, etc.) had their production points and costs cut in half. It would definitely improve AIs 'mixed' colonies alot.

On another note, I'm thinking that maybe there should be a huge decrease in supplies/ordnance usage, or a big increase in the standard supply/ordnance storage( like 2x the current level ) and another increase in the amount of supplies distributed by resupply facilities. The goal would be to have the AI fly around more, both with fleets and single ships, further away from his colony systems, etc.

I'm speculating that the current short time before running out of supplies might be keeping the AI from venturing out from his colonies and rarely attacking the player. I'm guessing that supply is a big factor when the AI decides to send out an attacking fleet, so if there's one or two empty system between the AI and his target, he might not attack at all because he decides his ships doesn't have enough supplies to last through it all.

The above also brings me to another speculative, but highly likely, point: How *can* the AI attack the player( unless he's got a planet in the same sector or some such )?

I mean, with fog of war enabled, the AI will *never* know of any of the player's colonies if the player just terminates any scouts sent. In other words, the AI will never have a target, a colony, to attack or to send his fleet to. And, presumably, the AI wont send out his fleet unless he's got a clear target, this then explaining the lack of aggresion from the AI.

In short, the one and only 'fair' way of playing against the AI in SE V seems to be if one uses the 'See all sectors' option to help him, because the AI is definitely not designed to handle fog of war issues. Perhaps the easiest and best solution for Aaron would be to just make the AI 'cheat' and see everything.