Welcome to my world.
The Ai is as good as I can make it. Try playing it on low computer difficulty and High Computer Bonus.
Also the way the empires are set up, they will respond according to happiness type.
The Ai is a one of the very few problems that SEIV has. The Ai will most often go to war with a player such as the Borg early on in the game because the Borg are set up as a hostile race. Additionally, the Ai will always go to war, eventaully that is, with any Human control race. That is just the way the game operates.
The Ai does not do Diplomacy, Politics, and Intel very well in its current state. The AI used in the game is good AI, and they will, or should, be a challenge to play.
Again, don't expect the Ai to stay buddies with you no matter what race you play. The Ai has many factors determining when it will become hostile against a human player.
[ January 05, 2004, 06:42: Message edited by: Atrocities ]