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AI War / Scorched Earth and Fabricators
« on: March 25, 2013, 09:04:00 AM »
Since I've had the pleasure (ahem) of getting a Scorched Earth AI type as my AI 1, I've noticed something that had escaped me before: all fabricators I encounter are on planets owned by AI 1. The fabs work without supply themselves, but keeping them defended in a system without turrets or force fields proves difficult; essentially, getting a Scorched Earth AI in slot 1 not only renders half the planets useless, but also deprives you of any reasonable shot at keeping fabricators.
Is this intentional, or could a future version perhaps split initial fabricator ownership roughly 50-50 between AI 1 and AI 2? Trying a game without fabricators is interesting for sure, but on top of the difficulties that Scorched Earth adds, it's a bit much for me.
Alternatively, perhaps Scorched Earth could at least be bumped up into being a "red" AI type, as it strikes me as significantly more difficult than most other non-red AI types I've encountered so far.
Is this intentional, or could a future version perhaps split initial fabricator ownership roughly 50-50 between AI 1 and AI 2? Trying a game without fabricators is interesting for sure, but on top of the difficulties that Scorched Earth adds, it's a bit much for me.
Alternatively, perhaps Scorched Earth could at least be bumped up into being a "red" AI type, as it strikes me as significantly more difficult than most other non-red AI types I've encountered so far.