I'm getting spanked bigtime by the AI - something I'm not used to at ALL
They're not only sweeping mines quite well, they're now doing superbly orchestrated planet assaults with ships, fighters, missiles, and *gasp* transports. I've lost two systems that way so far.
I think it's a matter of the AI needing to get the economy going and certain ships built and deployed. When it gets chugging look out.
Dan