Most challenging races: (no particular order....well mostly that is....)
1. Aquiliaen (sp?), damn hard to beat!
2. Zorians, very hard early in game, esp if not a major pdc player or modded so missiles/ftr's are harder.
3. Orks!, fun speech file too!
4. TDM Xi'Chung, good, but dedicated pdc ships will tip the scales, though their fleet sizes are incredible!
5. Vaxin, another favorite!
6. The Rage! (the AI that started it all!, sort of, first really tough AI I played, changed my style completely!
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7. Addisian, current Version on Usy (diff race picture one, )
8. Q's modded Phong/QueKappa
9. Angelican Regency (sp?), one of my new Favorites, include it in every test game recently for my EEEvil and other AI's I am working on...
10. Ammon'Krie (normal, stock se4), when they get going with Grav Hellbores they can be downright tough!!!
Honorable Mention:, well, I can't really vote for this one as it is my own AI
, but the Starwolf AI I am working on for Atrocities is regularly kicking my butt right now....
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"Human existance is all imagination...Reality is no more than a simple agreement among its participants that this is where we shall meet, and these are the rules that we shall abide by."- Kevin McCarthy/David Silva "The Family:Special Effects"..