AI knows trick

Dracus · #1 January 6th, 2001, 05:37 PM

In SE3 I would make a treaty with a race, send in a builder ship and build starbases around their homeworlds. Then attack and capture homeworlds.

The AI just pulled this trick on me for the first time ever.

In a conflict with another race, my allie while attacking the enemy, sent a huge fleet to my homeworld to refuel. Since I had asked them to attack a planet in the next system and they said they would.
I figured the fleet was for that attack.
As it turns out as soon as they resupplied off my planet. they sent in a small set of ships to attack the target planet. They then broke the treaty with me and took my homeworld.
I was taken by complete suprise, I had not seen the AI pull this before until I got se4.
But they only did this after I had pulled the same trick in the game eariler on the race we were fighting.

Dracus · #2 January 6th, 2001, 05:43 PM

Another surpise from the AI.

While expanding in a new game, I had just finish colinizing and getting my space yard and depot build when a AI race entered my system as a new contact.
they had a fleet of 3 destoryer ships.
sent a miltary treaty. I accepted. 2 turns later they resupplied at my depot droped the treaty, delcared war. the next turn they took my planet.
This war is now on 4 days of play and neither I or the AI seems to be able to gain any ground.
best AI fight I have had so far.

Jubala · #3 January 6th, 2001, 09:22 PM

What settings/mods do you use? I have never seen the AI do anything like what you describe.

TaloFinn · #4 January 6th, 2001, 11:13 PM

The AI has acted in a similar manner several times in my games. In fact, it has gotten to the point where I assume that they will be declaring war on me when a fleet parks over one of my worlds.

Dracus · #5 January 7th, 2001, 12:07 AM

I have not modfied the AI's yet. Still figuring out things so I am just using the default settings with AI at mid. Have not tried AI at high yet.

God Emperor · #6 January 7th, 2001, 05:51 AM

I too had the AI form a military alliance, resupply, then hit my planet. Fortunately, being a naturally suspicious type (and knowing that he was displeased with me), I has built 60 ftrs on the planet and they took out his four destroyers. Bit of a surprise though that it was that devious.....