Preventing Domino Surrender?

[geoschmo]

I wasn't saing that making CSM a non-default tech would eliminate the problem, only that making the ai use CSM would not help.

Usually I had faced at least one ship on the way to their homeworld. If it were DUC to DUC and I were damaged or destroyed before getting to blockade them it would be a moot point.

I don't think anything we do short of eliminating surrender completely is going to help the races unlucky enough to start out right next to me. But if we make things more difficult at the start, just slow me down some, the races on the other side of the quadrant should be able to build up economically enough to give me a challange.

[This message has been edited by geoschmo (edited 20 February 2001).]

[Drake]

Increasing their use of CSM early AND making them smarter in tactical would help somewhat. There's just no way I should be able to take out a frigate and an escort with just an escort and not take a hit.

I'd also like to see the AI ram with non-combat ships when they can't get out of range of the attacker's weaponry, and the attacker is a smaller ship. I do this all the time when it attacks my colony ships with an escort. The odds aren't good, but they're better than sitting in the corner and doing nothing.

Well, the patch info mentions some improvement in tactical combat for the AI. I'll be interested in seeing if the fix resolves some of the issues we're having.