Re: Computer AI bonus
Actually I can start out on "none" ice worlds and still win fairly easily. Its a bit more challenging than the gas giants but not by much. It just takes a few turns longer to get started. The key is an aggressive style and not letting the AI get a toehold near you. If you "kill on sight" the AI doesn't seem to have a chance. If I were to sit back and make treaties with it maybe, but I still will out colonize it and outbuild it by a vast margin. Any longer range weapon will decimate the AI, the phased poleron beam is just about as effective as the "missle dance" except maybe against some higher level weapons but by then I will have other options also.
Also about large galaxies the computer doesn't really expand enough to make use of the increased room there. It is actually a bigger challenge on a small map with fewer AI and no neutral races to get in the way. The computer races don't fight multi front battles well so its best for there to be fewer of them.
[This message has been edited by Tomgs (edited 09 January 2001).]
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