I agree with you Phalnax.  For the time being though, could you have a team of for AIs with different attribuites helping each other out to achieve a better AI combined?

I think thatd be a good idea it can all too often be too easy to beat anenemy thats focused on a particular aspect of development once you've figured out exactly what they are trying to do so a balanlenced oponent coud well provide a deeer challenge cause theres no way to see exactly what it'd be doing

you never know it could be added as part of the next expansion

I think it would be interesting if there was an AI that would go all-out on one strategy, but switch course mid-game to focus on something else.  e.g., start out as an Aggressor, but then start fortifying, or vice versa.  Obviously it would take some work to make sure that it didn't switch at a bad time, though... ideal would be if it could figure out when a good time was!  ("ok, my fortifications and defensive fleet just destroyed the main enemy fleet -- time to assemble a strike force and zap a planet or two...")

i dont think unfair does, all that does is the same as hard but gives them bonuses like economy and probably construction etc etc