Stealth Armor: Unbalanced

[Q]

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Originally posted by LGM:
Who cares about the AI?

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I do!

I agree that it will be practically impossible to create an AI that will win without major bonuses against a good human player in SE IV. But I do believe that it is very interesting to make an AI as strong as possible. And certainly if you want to play when you have time and not when the next turn is awaited from other human players you need the AIs. So I think SE IV should give players both possibilities: to play against humans and to play against AI's that are as good as possible.

[Baron Munchausen]

Honestly, I don't expect the AI to beat a human player. I expect the AI to not make utterly stupid blunders. Like constantly sending the same number of ships with the same tech level against a force that can defeat them with ease. Or forgetting that it even had a claim to a system once you've destroyed its colonies there. If the AI can be made to retain a bit of memory and make NEW approaches when its first attempt fails then it'll be good enough.