AI Attack Ships Versus AI Defense Ships

[Alpha Kodiak]

Well, I'll tell you what I know, though there is much I am not sure of. I do know that the AI will put fleets of defense ships together. Typically, those fleets will patrol around those systems you have claimed. I am not sure what type of pattern (if any) that they follow.

I have seen the AI on a couple of occasions mass a large fleet of defense ships on a resupply planet in a rear area and then just leave them there.

Since seeing that, I have reduced the number of defense ships built by my race AI's in favor of attack ships. I'm not sure what the drawbacks would be to not building any defense ships, as it seems that the AI will use attack ships to intercept incoming fleets.

Hopefully, others can fill in some details that I don't know.