Dominion overflung!

posted on January 13th, 2010, 2:33 pm

Okay, I gotta say one wee little thing... Who redid the Dominion AI? Because lately I have been basically palying against them, and yet I get P0WN3D by a V-13 Spam when I just got my large chassis yard begining production!


In comparison:
I would be facing a fleet of 8 or more of these things before I can even get my 2nd sovy out. And I get wipped out quicker because between these waves are Romulan Destroyer waves paired with a Tavara! The Klingons I can deal with, the Rommies I can deal with... but Dominion+Romulans=Hell

posted on January 13th, 2010, 8:08 pm

which ai did you played against? merciless again? which other settings?

against m dominion seemed rather good, only that on the map. dont remember it name, i thik it was path to nowhere it just sends line of ships against your abse, ignoring expansions.

posted on January 13th, 2010, 8:33 pm

Okay, I gotta say one wee little thing... Who redid the Dominion AI? Because lately I have been basically palying against them, and yet I get P0WN3D by a V-13 Spam when I just got my large chassis yard begining production!


In comparison:
I would be facing a fleet of 8 or more of these things before I can even get my 2nd sovy out.

In the first place: Why do you build Sovs anyway? 

In my opinion the new Dom AI is fine as it is. Though I didn't play hours against it I think it's challenging and challenging is good. I don't see a problem with the Dom AI in 3.1.

posted on January 13th, 2010, 8:33 pm

which ai did you played against? merciless again? which other settings?

against m dominion seemed rather good, only that on the map. dont remember it name, i thik it was path to nowhere it just sends line of ships against your abse, ignoring expansions.

All medium AI. Double starting resource, no scavengers. And here is the rest:

Map: Nirvana II
Team 1 (me):
- Federation (Mayson; Me)
- Romulan
- Dominion

Team 2:
- Romulan
- Klingon
- Dominion

Team 3:
- Klingon
- Borg

Setup:
Team 1 at bottom half, Team 2 at top half, team 3 in the middle.

posted on January 28th, 2011, 4:59 am

Yea not sure on the Sovs, but the Dominion AI is completely insane even on Hard.  They like to show up on my door step with a dozen battleships and a few dozen misc destroyers/support with 1/2 the resources collected and used.  Also on the push  back if you are busy killing a few other AIs and let them go for anymore then about 25 min, they build retarded amounts of Star Bases and defensive turrets all over creation.  On top of that, by the time I build 50 units (in total) I can buMp out and check the score and revile they have built over 500 units, lost 300, and still have insane fleet sizes and throughput (In typical FFA random AI games).  Rest of the AI seems ok; however once in a while Roms and Borg will go crazy.

I have noticed this for quite some time,

Psi-

posted on January 28th, 2011, 5:00 am

That's something most likely due to their low requirements for 'normal' resources . Been that way since PR

posted on January 28th, 2011, 6:37 am

All medium AI. Double starting resource, no scavengers. And here is the rest:

Medium AI pays 0.2 of the listed build cost. hard AI 0.1

Im working to fix that up some, check the AI thread in the mods in progress section. Ignore all the spam by people in it tho.

posted on January 28th, 2011, 6:52 am

I like it hard, personally. I usually make an AI ally to get pwned while I build up. I wish the Borg would build the occasional cube, even. I never see that though.

Some nerve accusing people of spamming...

posted on January 28th, 2011, 7:27 am

I like it hard, personally. I usually make an AI ally to get pwned while I build up. I wish the Borg would build the occasional cube, even. I never see that though.

Some nerve accusing people of spamming...

I've had a merciless AI rush my base with 5+ cubes, plus twice that in spheres and other small ships, before. All fairly early in the game.

posted on January 28th, 2011, 11:01 pm

For sure I've been slammed with cubes, Pyra's all the time.  Not to far into the game either.  Like I stated on another post about AI; Sometimes the Borg and Romulans go nuts.

Psi-

posted on January 29th, 2011, 1:35 am

Im pretty sure that the dominion AI is the strongest anyway so im not really supprised its easy to get steamrolled vs the AI.

posted on January 31st, 2011, 6:36 am

Doesnt help that the overly complicated imbalance balance system flops uses resulted in the dominion ships being compiled with an over powered nature in this version either.

Plus the fact that hurting the dominions econemy doesnt matter with the absurdley low ammount they pay for stuff on medium/hard.

posted on February 4th, 2011, 9:39 pm

For sure I've been slammed with cubes, Pyra's all the time.  Not to far into the game either.  Like I stated on another post about AI; Sometimes the Borg and Romulans go nuts.

Psi-

Borg and Romulan is IMO the hardest combo to beat. Whatever counters the Borg is usually countered by the Romulans and visa versa.