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Old October 12th, 2002, 07:24 PM
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I am looking for AI's that are good in unconnected situations. Is there such a thing? Or are they all about the same?

I would prefer to work with the stock or TDM races, but any will do.

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Whats the use of being good in "unconnected" situation?
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Whats the use of being good in "unconnected" situation?
"Not all warp points connected" tends to make a more interesting map, with more chokepoints and bottlenecks.
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Yes, what I'm looking for is AI's that will research Stellar Manipulation early and get out of their home system fairly quickly, much as a human would. If such an AI exists, I would like to use it.
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I have tried unconnected/young. Game play is slow, but interesting. Prefer connected.

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Eventually, the AI's will research the tech needed if they see they're cut off.

AI's that I've seen use stellar manipulation often and early are TDM Modpak races -- Pyrochette, Space Vikings, and the Drak'ol (sp?)
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I've had the Vorlon hit me early with warp point openers, so you could give them a try.
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The Vikings will research stellar manip if unconnected.

Unconnected games are brilliant. I am currently at turn 400 of a solo Proportions game where I started with only one system attached to my home system. I had only 4 planets to colonise and before I had to research stellar manipulation.

Didn't make first contact until about turn 270...
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Thanks for the help guys! I think I've found the ones I want.

Actually, I finally got smart and looked in the _AI_research.txt entries and found some other good ones too.

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