Problems with Intel Point Distribution

[Mephisto]

Daynarr, this not a bug. CI is NOT!!!! a normal project. It is NOT finished when you get enough points, it is finished when
a) You got enough points to finish it

or!

b) you stall an enemy project NO MATTER HOW MUCH POINTS YOU HAVE INVESTED! You can stall an enemy project with your CI3 in the first turn, in the middle, at the end or don't at all, anytime. It doesn't matter. All you have to do is to spend some points into a project to keep it going.

[Taqwus]

Daynarr --

If you're getting paranoid about intel -- perhaps a few AIs are pulling multiple projects on you simultaneously with Divide Points Evenly, try adding intelligence sabotage to the mix. It's quite cheap and effective.

In the current game, I often used 2x intel sabotage per major (non-neutral) AI -- and that was normally overkill -- 1x CI 3, and the rest offensive actions like bombing conditions or crew insurrection, with repeat on and divide off.

Scale up or down depending on intel point generation and your apparent defense needs; I was budgeting for four major AIs, each at the time most likely with at least 10-20 decently colonized systems if not twice that, given that I waited many, many turns before turning Really Evil, so they were expected to have decent intel capabilities worthy of 2x sabotage each per turn.


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-- The thing that goes bump in the night

[General Hawkwing]

It is possible for the AI to have intel work against you even if you have mega intel points and are running CI3 on all 12 slots, with divide evenly and repeat projects turned on. HOW? There are more than 12 AI intel projects finishing against you in that turn or more points spent by the AI against you than you have, I'm not sure which.

Don't forget the "other" CI. Find the AI colonies with intel facilities and clear/take them.