[quote who="Ryat" reply="1" id="3331327"] From Hard on up the AI cheats. Hard and Unfair is a simple Economic Increase while Cruel and Vicious have a tech and capital ship level increase.[/quote] Thanks for the info.
[quote who="slowreflex" reply="4" id="3331367"] If you researched more fleet than him you will also get a lower % of your income.[/quote] Checking the charts, he always had more fleet max size than me.
[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="3" id="3331333"] Hard AI does cheat, but not a whole lot. It barely makes up for all the stupid stuff it builds. I'd say chances are you're probably doing something wrong with your economy. When in doubt, build lots of trade ports, only a few culture scattered culture centers, and never get refineries.[/quote] The issue wasn't that I wasn't making more credits than him. I was, exactly because I had good trade. The issue
I just got the game this week and played a handlful of games. In this last one, I played Wrathful(small map with 4 players, 6 planets, 4 asteroids), against TEC and Vasari normal and Advent hard opponents. I got a pretty decent start, managing to defeat the Vasari and getting his planet. Advent was kept busy fighting the other TEC (I helped by directing pirate attacks and giving resources to the TEC player). By the time the Advent got another planet (3/4 into the game), I had 4 planets and 2
