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Outrageous 1.4 AI must be fixed!

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Outrageous 1.4 AI must be fixed!

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So, I play my first game vs the AI and the 1.4 patch.  I'm playing along, as usual, watching TV and scratching myself, when all of a sudden, the AI attacks me?!?!  What the heck!  What kind of bug is that!  How did it slip past the programmers???  Then, I rush my main fleet to that system (just for appearancens mind you, as it will just run away the moument I warp in).  But, it did'nt run??? It fought me??!!  This is the WORST glitch I've ever seen the Sins Devs do yet.  So NOW, I have to fight the AI.  What a pain.  I mean, come on!  How am I suppose to win with the AI doing things like attacking and not running???  So I'm doing an ok job beating the invading fleet, waiting for it to run, but NOOOOO, the Devs just HAVE to make things worse for us solo players, and in comes reinforcements to the invading fleet.  Ohhh Great! Now I have to turn off my TV, and let those itches go unscratched, and start actually trying  :(   I build reinforcements, warp them into the invaded planet, THERE, now maybe I can watch more TV (and have time to scratch those extra hard to reach itches).  But NO!  The AI starts attacking from the opposite end of the system!  I build reinforcements to send to the other end of the system, when I notice that a planet in the middle of my system is about to be overthrown by culture???!!!  Now, I can't even relax while I'm playing, I have to start paying attention.  What a total buzz kill!

So, thanks to the horrible and slip-shot laziness of the programmers of 1.4, I finally had to surrender, losing vauable TV and scratching time just so I can win a game vs the AI.   It's obvious the AI is WAY overpowered, and needs an imediate Nerf!!!

Nerf the AI!  The AI is OP!  Everyone double post till this outrage is corrected!

 

 

 

 

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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top
I understand what your going through. Playing sins and CoD4 while huffing oreos has become a bit of a challenge now.
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Duuude, I've been fighting my Oreo urge for months now. I can't handle the temptation while perusing the forums, it's one of the few vices I'm allowed!!
Reply #27 from Sins Forums Top
Ya, now I got'a play sober, TV off, concentrate, and stuff like that. Bummer.

Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #28 from Sins Forums Top
For those uncertain, yes, it was a sarcastic compliment to the Devs (I never imagined people would actually think it was serious). And no, of course it's not the best parady written; if I could write better parady, I'd be writting for Konan or Jay, not a forum   
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Some people will just never get a joke will they? Well, don't let it get you down. I got a kick out of it and I appreciated your effort dude. :)
Reply #29 from Sins Forums Top
Actually, it was partialy serious, as I do usually watch the TV (and yes, even scratch myself occationally) when playing Sins. After 1.4, I do leave the TV off. Truth.

Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top
Hmmm, let me remember: At first, easy, then medium, then hard, then Unfair. I lost my first easy or two, after that (and watching a few replays), I never lost again. That is, until 1.4. Just lost my second game vs 1.4 (Unfair). First they suck you in, using a a gimped AI. Then, after your all relaxed and you think it might be a good week to try decreasing your medications, they release the REAL AI in 1.4.

Reply #32 from Sins Forums Top
I'm relatively new to the game, so I only played one game against unfair AI on v1.03 and one game against it on v1.04, but I've noticed marked improvement in the AI. I actually felt proud of my win in v1.04, since after I took out one AI, I was left with a weaker opportunistic AI that required constant defense, and a strong powerhouse that required the use of the fleet that I was using to defend. I tried attacking one AI, and the other attacked me without second thought. To make matters worse, the opportunistic AI liked hit and run methods, so it hung by the edge of the well and ran the minute it saw my ships.

In comparison, I wiped the floor with the AI in the v1.03 game and nothing remarkable happened.

Very nice improvement.

Although I do wish that the AI would circumvent choke points a bit more if it's, you know, not a choke point. There was a gas planet behind my asteroid defense fleet that the AI could have used to spearhead into my former capital.
Reply #34 from Sins Forums Top
Played and won on Hard tonight. Best game ever vs the AI. Unfair will really be a challenge. Wish I had more time for MP games.
Reply #35 from Sins Forums Top
can i say loser your upset that the AI is actually challenging and you cant just watch the game unfold thats pathetic its a good game when the AI fights back and makes you think it means your not an idiot and its not a glitch they made it like that themselves the old AI stunk the new one is much better
Reply #37 from Sins Forums Top
Gorgs: The OP post was a joke. Sarcasm. I love the new AI.

Reply #38 from Sins Forums Top
There bee a hole bunCha dumays dat post in this foruhms.






The best part is these people can vote :CONGRAT: .
Reply #39 from Sins Forums Top
Hey, this post goes for 1.09 too. Just lost 2 games on Hard; Hard was usually a sure win for me after 1.4. So they really tweaked it even more now  :SURPRISED: 
Reply #40 from Sins Forums Top
I'm not so sure. I wiped out five AI capships (2 at lvl 5, 1 at lvl 4, 2 at lvl 2) and a mixed fleet of Kanraks and Lasuraks by spamming point defenses. I didn't have so much as a light frigate there, and my hangars weren't making a difference.
Reply #41 from Sins Forums Top
My AI's made huge masses of fighters/bombers, 20 Flaks could not dent them. Guess I got'a make carriers; but what are Flaks good for then?
Reply #42 from Sins Forums Top
As I understand it, flaks are good against fighters which are good against bombers.
Reply #43 from Stardock Forums Top
once about an hour in, I got a Critical mass Pirate Raide, a Full Assault from 1 Normal foe, then anathor Full assault form anathor Normal Foe... I got raped ><

All at the same time, It was just an hour in! I barely had any defenses.
Reply #44 from Sins Forums Top
Would be nice if the AI researched properly. After playing for 5 hours for giggles on a large map I checked the "Normal Researcher" Ai and it hadn't done *(%-all in research beyond tier 3 mil, tier 2 civ even though it had 8 civ/mil labs. Fleet research was appallingly low, cap level 2, fleet capacity 3?

WTF.

Improve the AI a bit.
Reply #45 from Sins Forums Top
Improve the AI a bit.
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