Re: lethargic expansion of computer opponents

It seems that different computer players are assigned different 
strategies. Some will be very aggressive, putting most of their 
resources into building fleets in the hope of knocking out some of 
your important planets. They may even fly a big fleet to a planet they 
have never visited before. They don't defend their home planets very 
much or at all, so to beat this type of player, you may have to take 
out their home planets, rather than attacking their fleets. If you get 
attacked by a 7/4 fighter, it is probably coming from an aggressive 
player that is putting most of its money into weapons research rather 
than shields.

Some computer players are assigned to play very defensively. They 
mostly satellites rather than attack fleets, and may only expand onto 
one or two additional planets. They put their efforts into research, 
rather than expansion, so while you are terraforming, they are 
researching. If you attack one of their planets before you have an 
overwhelming fleet, you will probably lose your investment of money 
and metal. The only way to beat these players is to leave them alone 
until you have enough profitable planets to out-research them. These 
defensive players make it hard to win games fast. Several times I've 
built powerful fleets of dreadnoughts and wiped out all opponents but 
one or two, then I've lost the whole fleet in one volley at a 
defensive player's planet. So I wait a few turns, build another huge 
fleet, and loose the whole thing again before firing a single shot. 
It's hard to be patient and wait long enough to beat one of these guys.

Other computer players play a more balanced game, with some aggression 
and some defense.

If you have more than a few computer opponents, the different styles 
work very well together. If you get too agressive, you may loose your 
fleet to a defensive player. If you aren't agressive enough, an 
aggressive player will sneak in and kill your planets. But when you 
play against only a few opponents, you might end up with too many of 
one kind.

Larry

--- In [email protected], "frediannelli2nd" 
>      In this last game for no reason that I can fathom 2 of the three
> opponents never expanded more than 2 planets down their spiral arm.
> The other was entering the main galaxy just as I got to where his arm
> met the main galaxy. I initially thought that perhaps the other 2
> didn't have enough metal to move but the fact that both were on 2
> planets implies to me that they had to have built a colony ship. Any
> insight?




 
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