Certainly, the absence of planetary invasion tech should make the AI more hesitant, but when I have virtually defenceless starbases on valuable resource nodes with no military to speak of that should in my book result in a small war resulting in me losing those resources.
Thanks, I'll try without the +10 diplomacy race bonus and see what happens. Though I cant say I agree that diplomacy should make the AI that peaceful, it feels very strange to have to deliberately avoid diplomacy bonuses so that I can get aggressive opponents.
Hi! Ive played a number of games ranging in difficulty from tough to crippling, normal scenario, both in previous releases and recently the 1.2 beta. I have tech trading enabled and usually spend the first time trading all the research I get to the other races for cash to fund my new planets. I have a custom race with +10 diplomacy, and in the beginning I usually focus on tech that give + to diplomacy. Generally I colonize rush and build starbases as much as I can in the beginning. U
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