A few decidedly newbie-ish questions

oleg · #1 June 2nd, 2002, 03:58 PM

#1 - as Emp. Fyron answered, you must research Mil.Science II.

#2 - Currently, there are very limited AI responces to diplomatic actions. Playing against humans is of course best, but you still can get a lot of fun playing against fun' custimized AI in full SEIV.

#3 - Indeed, mines work very nice against stock AI. However, some TDM' AI can sweep your minefields faster than you make them (assuming hugh AI bonus). I advise to build fighters group and deploy several over warp points.

Taz-in-Space · #2 June 2nd, 2002, 04:59 PM

Satellites are also good for warp point defence.
Their advantages: they can be built on any planet
they use no maintance
they can be picked up again and reused

capnq · #3 June 2nd, 2002, 10:44 PM

The most common thing that upsets an AI is seeing that you've colonized a world that they could, especially in a system they've claimed (see [F9] Empires/Borders).

However, the Mood listing doesn't reliably correlate to your current treaty status; "Murderous" allies and "Brotherly" enemies appear fairly regularly.