Single Player AI ally request

posted on November 24th, 2011, 5:56 pm

Simply enough, if I am playing with an AI ally perhaps some sort of a command communication interface.

1. Request assistance. The ai always seems to have ships lying around, it just doesn't use them. So I click some button, and it kicks the AI into gear and it sends over several ships in the area to help, or just a few that aren't doing anything. Almost like warpin. Ask for assistance, and tell ai where you need it.

2. Request resource boost, or at certain time points, the ai just gives you resources. The AI expands pretty well, and although realistically it would be spending everything and more than what it collects to build the ships it produces let it give the player some resources. So maybe if the request is made within first 10 min, all you get is 500 di 500 tr. Then it increases every fifteen minutes by some amount. Using this button as a time reset, so you can only use it 1 per 10 - 15 min.

3. Sort of like request assistance. Instead of me being under attack, I want to make a joint attack with the AI. But I want to split the attack up. So I give the AI a target to attack, and I attack my target, and we go from there. Not sure how this one would work. I don't want to just rule the whole game with telling the AI what to do. But something to feel like I can organize the battles in some way.

posted on November 24th, 2011, 6:07 pm

For 1 and 3 with some severe time restrictions those sound interesting. Time restrictions to prevent abuse.
I understand that the AI send its units based upon priority of targets (if it loses a lot of units in an area the priority of that area increases) so 1 and 3 could be done by allowing to set the priority of a building/area.

The 2nd suggestion sound like a bad idea. It's basically free resources. If you want free resources play with unlimited resources.

posted on November 24th, 2011, 6:30 pm

Yes, but it is way more controlled than free resources I can spam fifty yards and 1000 units with free resources.

This is just a slight edge to help me out.

I'm also deftly afraid of hearing the word 'cheater', in that female voice. The devs did a fantastic job of making me not want to cheat 10 000 10 000 is overkill.

Putting in a little valid way of getting a 300  - 750 resource increase. It is only when you have an ally. And I think it is a valid suggestion. Allies help each other out. It never has to give you 1500.

It's only in single player, with AI ally. I don't mind time restrictions. I'll use it when time is best.

Interesting information about target priority for AI ship allocation. Thanks.

posted on November 24th, 2011, 7:38 pm

Yes, but it is way more controlled than free resources I can spam fifty yards and 1000 units with free resources.

This is just a slight edge to help me out.

Personally i would prefer a more extended option between normal and unlimited resources. Right now it is double resources, but triple or quadruple would be nice.

posted on November 24th, 2011, 10:52 pm

+1 to this idea.

Credit thing could be a pinch loan. +1000 credits for 5 minutes. then they pay back. Use it to get your next ship building, but not free money.