A funny thing...

[Starhawk]

LOL I guess I should have..

But to update that I have now destroyed well over 100 Gamilon warships while losing only 24 of my own...

Another funny thing is that they are not counter attacking, I have invaded and taken over entire worlds and they have not attacked me once, in fact they have thus far NEVER started a fleet engagement I started them all.

Recently I gave up on my offensive against the Gamilons and have since taken over an entire EEE star system and have taken the steps in taking over two more, ever since I destroyed their 52 ships mustered in one system I have met mininimal resistance from them.

My empire is now expanding quite well, I have 100 warships throughout 2 fleets, and have launched a two pronged offensive into the EEE systems, the best part is my weaker 2nd fleet has two other enemy systems near it's current location that are practically ungaurded and should be easy to take and hold.

The Gamilons can wait for now but their day will come soon when an Icaran fleet will be coming into their systems and invading or destroying worlds with all the fury I can muster :-).

[ January 02, 2004, 21:35: Message edited by: Starhawk ]

[Atrocities]

Yes, the Ai does do some very odd things like not counter attacking.

A long time ago I was playing an FQM game and the AI would often start doing what I was doing within a few turns. IE I would land troops and take a planet, and then the AI would do the same to me a few turns later.

I don't know why the AI in SEIV is the way it is, but it is all that we have, and even though it can can be improved, I am still happy to have it.

[Starhawk]

Well I wonder if the reason they aren't counter attacking is often times they had their ships cloaked and maybe they were trying to lead me into a trap?

Update: I lost my 1st fleet flagship today the INSS Andromeda and 5,000 crewmen gave their lives for the glory of Icara (cry) :-(
Operation Broken hammer (assault on Gamilon space) has been abandoned at this time do to heavy losses for minimal gain.
Operation Urgent Wrath has begun on the EEE continum (sp?) in two systems spearheaded by the entire Icaran Navy with most of the Imperial Guard (army) deployed to take over worlds as they come, thus far enemy resistance has been minimal, ten enemy dreadnoughts were encountered sad to report the loss of the Base ship Aggressor and her 5,000 spacers. No enemy dreadnoughts escaped that engagement.
Three enemy carriers were caught in orbit around a world, they were destroyed and the world taken.
The 2nd fleet has completely taken over an entire EEE Star system.
1st fleet is encountering more resistance, one of the worlds they took was destroyed by a cloaked EEE dreadnought whcih it's self was later intercepted and destroyed.

I might just make a story out of this ;-).

[Grandpa Kim]

One other possibility for your low number just occurred to me. Have you captured and made use of enemy populations? By getting the right breathers on the right planets you can really ramp up your economy. Turn a 5 facility domed, huge into a 25 facility breathable!

[Starhawk]

Mainly I've been using terraforming projects to solve that problem for myself so I don't much need the whole breather thing going.

But I've also captured entire enemy systems I've destroyed over 200 Gamilon warships and it never seemed to make a dent in their fleet sizes.

[Fyron]

Do they have construction bonuses? (Hardy Industrialists, temporal race, construction aptitude bonus)

It does not take that many turns to rebuild lost forces. SY III and some construction bonuses can get high tech battleships built in 4-5 turns (depending on population) built at planets.