Difficulty and AI Bonus Settings

Wisdom · #1 January 25th, 2001, 11:36 PM

Ive seen some talk about the AI diffuculty setting and how it should be played on high if you want a decent challenge. But what about the AI bonus?

Do most of you SE4 gurus out there play with the AI bonus on high, or does that make the game virtually impossible to win without alot of luck the save/reload twink. If so, how do the games go?

I mean does the AI bonus on high give you a good challenge or make the game ludicruously hard?

Wisdom

lwmweb · #2 January 26th, 2001, 01:49 AM

I am not a Guru but have played for several weeks at maximum player difficulty and medium bonus. It was better but still not great. My current game I am playing at max player difficulty and max bonus. Whew it is a different game. I will not say impossible but I am in 4th place with 1.2 M points and the first place race has 2.4 M Points. I have gained slightly but I just hope I can conquer a few other races before I run into 1-3 again (I had to close warp points as early on I ran into numero no).

Again I am not a Guru but it appears that the computer players are given a higher level tech start and included in this for the advanced races is the ability to colonize all 3 types of planets. The top races also colonize everything. This is definitely not a slam-dunk.

raynor · #3 January 26th, 2001, 02:08 AM

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Originally posted by lwmweb:

Again I am not a Guru but it appears that the computer players are given a higher level tech start and included in this for the advanced races is the ability to colonize all 3 types of planets. The top races also colonize everything. This is definitely not a slam-dunk.

Thanks for the info!

I wonder. Do you get all three colonization techs when a race surrenders to you?

lwmweb · #4 January 26th, 2001, 02:39 AM

In the previous games at medium bonus I have already received these from neutrals or small guys so I do not know. This game I have been forced to research them because I have been hemmed in.

Tonight I will see if I can turn the corner and start the slow climb up.

raynor · #5 January 26th, 2001, 05:20 AM

quote:
Originally posted by lwmweb:

Again I am not a Guru but it appears that the computer players are given a higher level tech start and included in this for the advanced races is the ability to colonize all 3 types of planets. The top races also colonize everything. This is definitely not a slam-dunk.

I just realized that I have no idea what the difference is between Empires and Neutral Empires.

Also, how do you introduce an advanced race into the game? Are any of the races shipped with the game advanced races? Or, are these races you have obtained from folks who have done mods?

Thanks!

Jubala · #6 January 27th, 2001, 02:28 AM

A neutral AI Empire never leaves it's starting system and always have only one starting planet. A regular AI Empire is the ones beating down your doors.

What he means with advanced empires is probably just the ones that are bigger then him in his current game.