Game play poll

posted on March 31st, 2009, 5:54 pm

I was trying to figure out the best way to beat the AI Hard and just wanted to know y'alls opinion.

posted on March 31st, 2009, 6:07 pm

Other: Stick the AI's build cost and time right up to the max.

posted on March 31st, 2009, 6:10 pm

oooh, your EEVILL

posted on March 31st, 2009, 6:19 pm

Actually, all those methods work (including other) for me. Even within the same race 

I've spammed Veqlarg's, microed LuSpet's, created a moving defense force with Torp turrets... yeah, the AI takes anything... but it always loses 

posted on April 1st, 2009, 2:23 am

I get them before they can get you.

posted on April 1st, 2009, 4:06 am

my strategy is simple, survival, i need to get what i need to survive, i try to expand to mining asap, and then hold those outposts, build turrets and reinforce with ships, somtimes the mining fails,

but basically i try to get into mining in a certain space around me easiest to defend, minimizing the place defenses need to be built, and the places ships need to be moved to, if i can do that and hold the line, then usually my mining will really pay off, and help me finnaly overpower them, however, somtimes i fail, and if i get breached, the hardest thing to do is take it back, once you can punch a whole, or the ai, or enemy can punch a hole into you, then the person just gets flooded, and overwhelmed micro managing all the ships pouring in, so you cant let that happen,

posted on April 1st, 2009, 4:43 am

ill give you my fed strategy since its the most refined. Pick Mayson for your avatar. then have the constructors build mining stations and build 1 more constructor, then 2 mining ships for each moon. upon completion of the first set of mines i order them to the next set, by this time the constructor should be finished and have it build the first yard. then if you have another set of moons available send one of your constructors to build at it and have the other build SF engineering. once the first yard is completed have your constructor build SF science and have your yard build a few sabers. once SF science is completed build canaverals and save money to either build the second yard (to build excelsiors) or SF command (for descents). build one and then build the other. research the special weapons for the canaveral and excelsiors. use the canavarals and excelsiors to harrass and run away if the battle gets to hot. keep the descents close to base to defend it and to clean up whatever ships are following your harassers.

posted on April 1st, 2009, 8:21 pm

this tactic goes well until at 15 - 20 mins into the game when the comp comes with 20+ v13s, breen battleships and dozens of cruisers and destroyers of all types. The only race that can hold off a dominion ai hard are the romulans, with their generix support refits.

posted on April 1st, 2009, 8:28 pm

this tactic goes well until at 15 - 20 mins into the game when the comp comes with 20+ v13s, breen battleships and dozens of cruisers and destroyers of all types. The only race that can hold off a dominion ai hard are the romulans, with their generix support refits.

ive held them off with borg.
in fact i love engaging huge AI allied fleets of dom ships with my 2 fleets of assimilators and spheres.
lose a few of them but come out on top in the end. A glorious battle indeed 

posted on April 1st, 2009, 9:13 pm

ive held them off with borg.
in fact i love engaging huge AI allied fleets of dom ships with my 2 fleets of assimilators and spheres.
lose a few of them but come out on top in the end. A glorious battle indeed 

Ditto

posted on April 1st, 2009, 10:43 pm

this tactic goes well until at 15 - 20 mins into the game when the comp comes with 20+ v13s, breen battleships and dozens of cruisers and destroyers of all types. The only race that can hold off a dominion ai hard are the romulans, with their generix support refits.

Well i just played them and they never got to 15 to 20 min into the game. they built one ship from the large shipyard (Siege Cruiser i think?) in that game i lost 9 ships mostly cuz i wasnt paying attention.

posted on April 2nd, 2009, 5:07 pm

last time i let a dominion hard AI surive that long it started to spam with those battleships ... but with a good mixed fed fleet and some decent defence its not really a problem. I lost in the last match about 10 ships in defence at all, only offensive did cost me way more.

posted on April 2nd, 2009, 5:47 pm

So far I don't have problem with defense.  What I can't figure out is how the AI hard Borg Amass 4 Assimilators, 2 spheres, a few scout cubes and pyramids. and 3-4, Cubes all in a row 20 mins. into the game, one of which is a super tactical cube.

posted on April 2nd, 2009, 6:59 pm

Other,

Apparently, the Ai's not programmed with the ability to lose 

posted on April 2nd, 2009, 7:03 pm

Thats kinda the reason I put this here.   The original Was soo easy to figure out.

Great work creating a New AI  FO team!!!