Hey, that was quick! Thanks!
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Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
[QB]First off:
I believe the default "AI difficulty" setting is medium.
You will want to set this to High.
When on medium or low, the AI just turns off some of it's minister functions, high uses them all.
This setting does not induce any cheating on the part of the AI
Good, I will restart a game right away.
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Next, the AI bonus.
This is a multiplier for all the AI resources, and is "cheating" for the AI.
It goes something like:
None: 1x multiplier
Low: 2x
Medium 3x
High 5x
Most players set this to Medium for challenge once they've got the hang of the game.
Hmmm... I think I'll leave this one for the future
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2) Fleet experience adds with ship experience.
Fleet experience is completely separate from ship experience.
If you have an Elite "Alpha Squadron" fleet, and a newly formed "Newbie Fleet", and you swap all of the ships, you will end up with Elite ships in a newbie fleet, and newbie ships in an Elite fleet.
So, if I got it right:
Ship A got 10 Fleet exp + 5 ship exp. I put it in another fleet, with ships that have no exp at all. In this new fleet, ship A will still have its 5 ship exp bonus, plus its 10 fleet bonus since it fights in a fleet an not alone? So even if I have a single ship I should create a one-ship fleet so it uses its fleet exp in a solo fight?
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5) You found a "neutral" race. You probably need to have over 10-50x its score before it will surrender.
Oh, so it is the score difference that determines the ability to subjugate then?
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Many races have also been modded to never surrender, especially the TDM races.
What is a TDM race?
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Most players do not use neutrals in their games, because of the fact that they limit themselves to one system, and are basically pushovers with free technologies to capture.
How do you capture technology? Through Intelligence? [I have only researched up to level 1 - no spying, didn't find much use besides slightly damaging enemy ships] Through ship capture? Or any other means?
Thank you.
Edit: bad quoting
[ 15 April 2002: Message edited by: neofit ]