Kobiahi Maru?

posted on May 28th, 2009, 5:54 pm

Okay, I admit it!  I have been thinking about a fourth level of AI. Kobiashi Maru! Now I know what you may be thinking... "Is this guy insane?" Well, maybe. But I like a challenge, because even if I lose I learn what flaws I had in my strategy. So, I was thinking about a new AI level that would dwarf AI Hard! So this is basically how it goes.

{Start Game}
- Build the Starting units.
- Construct 2 shipyards
- Build 3 more Constructors
- Build 1 mining facility per moon having 4 freighters per moon
- Build 1 starbase for every pair of Mining facilities or 4 turrets for each single one
- Build 4 more yards and a research center
- Start building ships numbering into the dozens
- Build the other research facilities
- Build 5 Adv. shipyards
- Build battleships numbering in the dozens
- Build defensive turrets at a constant rate in high concentrations
- Send out fleets numbering between 30 and 80
- Build large numbers of starbases at primary bases
- Continue building large fleets and pulverizing the remainders of the enemies

And for those that dare to go against Maru, ready yourselves!

posted on May 28th, 2009, 6:13 pm

To quote Kirk:

I don't believe in a no-win senario.

It would be a glorious battle against Maru, especially if you won.

posted on May 28th, 2009, 11:03 pm

Seeing as i can beat a hard dominion AI as klingons... Today Is A Good Day To Die!

posted on May 28th, 2009, 11:10 pm

It would be cool but i dont know if the game will allow more levels of difficutly

posted on May 28th, 2009, 11:31 pm

I like the description Perhaps more settings should be ... trekifized, disregarding the fact that there may be some ambigtuity ...

posted on May 29th, 2009, 12:56 am

yeah that would be cool

posted on May 29th, 2009, 3:46 am

Something like
"cannon fodder"
"Phaser on stun"
"Klingon with a bat'leth"
and
"Kobyashi Maru"?

posted on May 29th, 2009, 3:50 am

Lol  those would work 

posted on May 29th, 2009, 12:05 pm

Actually, it is the Kobayashi Maru. You missed out an A. 

posted on June 6th, 2009, 6:18 pm

Yeah, something like this ...

Are different AIs possible e.g. Rusher/Defender/Harrasser?

posted on June 6th, 2009, 6:45 pm

I still prefer the term Merciless for the AI hard.  It would be more accurate.

posted on June 7th, 2009, 5:34 am

I still prefer the term Merciless for the AI hard.  It would be more accurate.

Arent the two the same?