Ai Defence Policy

posted on August 31st, 2006, 1:43 pm

Alright, I'll be honest, I've never been very good with working with the AI files but is there any way to change the AI's behavior about its home base? I've noticed that in most cases whenever you get a minimum of 16 units, you can simply overwhelm any defence that AI is boasting. I guess maybe becuase I play on the defensive I am a little dissapointed, but I think even the medium and hard AI's don't put up a signifigant point to fight for their base. and once their back is broken they just give up.

I am guessing online it is different. I just feel that the AI gives in to easy, because by the point you are able to invade a base with signifigant force (becuase lets face it, what it really boils down to is taking out the starbase, once that's done its over). So maybe make bases and construction schema's as well as defence less reliant on the starbase.

posted on August 31st, 2006, 2:24 pm

How about better, more expensive turrets? Better yet, additional weapons on the starbase that can be purchased as upgrades...

posted on August 31st, 2006, 2:42 pm

 &nsbp; &nsbp;  How about better, more expensive turrets? Better yet, additional weapons on the starbase that can be purchased as upgrades...

I totally agree with that, though that could lead to bunkering in MP games...

posted on August 31st, 2006, 2:47 pm

I totally agree with that, though that could lead to bunkering in MP games...

me too, and the "bunkers" can be flushed out, if the hyper arty ship is given that extra, more focused weapon for a single target that people want .

posted on August 31st, 2006, 4:57 pm

I'd like to see all of those ideas in the game!
Though I'm a bit sceptical about those upgrades. But as it will be done as well as everything else... ^_^

posted on August 31st, 2006, 6:21 pm

id rather have an oponent who knows how not to die

posted on August 31st, 2006, 9:22 pm

I'd like to see all of those ideas in the game!
Though I'm a bit sceptical about those upgrades. But as it will be done as well as everything else... ^_^

All it would do is give the starbase a bit more *ooomph* to it. I find it kind of sad how pathetic they are now. Also, with upgrades its a gradual process, it's not like you start the game with a superfortress or anything.

posted on September 1st, 2006, 12:49 am

yeah well i love the idea of starbases being more powerful because right now they arent starbases they are just outposts

maybe add an extra type of starbase u can construct like Deep space nine for the dominion

or Tiger Core for the klingons something with the ability to hold off ships

and as for turrets i would love turrets to be more strong it would really make u think about what u attack with

and makes the romulan arty ship more useful same with the Steamrunner

posted on September 1st, 2006, 1:12 am

They are pretty useless at the moment.

posted on September 1st, 2006, 11:11 am

Well their range is just too small, I think their range should be like the dominion arty has now. Its stupid that ships with long range have to fly for like 50ms to get the arties in range :-S

[Fullphaser]

posted on September 1st, 2006, 8:23 pm

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Well their range is just too small, I think their range should be like the dominion arty has now. Its stupid that ships with long range have to fly for like 50ms to get the arties in range :-S

*notes they need to move that report button <<< way agreed though, the justificaiton behind building a force to actually attack a base is not there, right now the same fleet to engage ships in combat is the one used to wipe out a base, We know very well just from watching battles like Chintocka that bases should be much stronger, I mean look at DS9 (even though that is an exagerated starbase) it still puts up much more of a fight, I mean battleships are great, but I don't think they should so easily outgun a fully operational starbase and shipyward. Just look at the game Dominion Wars, after the 4th or 5th mission even DS9 was like "meh"

posted on September 1st, 2006, 10:09 pm

Exactly. Also, when you watch the show, it seems like all the stations have more than one weapon. Even DS9, a mining station, seemed to have an arsenal built right in.

posted on September 2nd, 2006, 2:32 am

The federation did a full defense refit on DS9. They added many more phaser arrays, and many many more photon torpedo launchers than it previously had.

posted on September 2nd, 2006, 2:58 am

Still, if you look at the weapon emplacments, most had to exist before the feds got there, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to integrate into the pylons so well.

posted on September 9th, 2006, 3:42 am

I dunno, maybe they just got rid of some docking ports or something? Or maybe the turrets are... eh... Magical!