[Rexxx]

Originally posted by Cheeze:
I can only imagine the horror if the EEE had proven the best AI in the game. The thought that their happy, friendly demeanor hid an absolute monster of an AI opponent would give even us humans the willies!!!

The stock EEE had to be peaceful/forgiving to make use of the Ancient Race trait at all. An aggressive Gas Giant Race with this racial trait is dead within 50-70 turns. They build an endless stream of colonizers which are dead meat a few turns later, never reaching their destinations.

The EEE in this contest use the - only slightly altered - anger and politics files of their ancestors. Their happy friendly demeanor is their best chance to survive long enough to discover rock planet colonization. From this point on they can build up an empire similar to those of rock planet races. An empire consisting only of Gas Giants isn't an empire it is "patchwork". The Emperor has to travel very far to visit his citizens, lots of systems to be crossed without any colonizable planet.

In a "normal" game when facing a Gas Giant race the best strategy is strike first and strike hard. Their empires crumble very easily in early game, later - when they get the colonization techs - they become much more powerful.

I prefer the peaceful approach for my games as well but for the EEE (IMO any Gas Giant race) it is vitally important.

[ December 01, 2002, 18:53: Message edited by: Rexxx ]