[Q]

Alpha Kodiak I made the same observations as you which lead me to the conclusion, that in standard SE IV gold the AI is better off without drones. But because I didn't like this I made some major changes in my own modification: reduce drone cost by 1/2 (except weapons), reduce basic supply use to 100/turn and include solar collectors to the design types. With these modification IMO the AI can profit from drones, at least from anti-ship drones. Especially valuable are drones (as already someone pointed out in this forum; don't remember who) for races with allegiance subverters.

[ May 19, 2002, 14:34: Message edited by: Q ]