Beta AI

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I was wondering how the Beta AI ranks up against the retail AI.

Because currently even 2v1 games with Hard AI are not much of a contest once you fortify a chokepoint and beat off the initial frigate waves.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
I have blown away the AI full-boat on hard with my "Spartan defensive measures" every time. I like to think on some strange level I'm recreating the battle of Thermopylae when I'm doing this except now the good guys win.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I'm curious, regarding the AI, are there any plans to give the AI an actually sense of alliances, because as far as I can tell, all an alliance actually is is a NAP. Until the inevitably break it (which they always do unless your quick killing everyone else).

As in, I was in a losing fight, and my "ally" jumps a huge fleet to that battle, so I'm all, "hurrah, reinforcements...wait, where are they going, they're jumping away..." and they go right past the fight. I lost that planet because the AI didn't act like an ally.

Also, are there any plans to be able to give basic commands to your AI allies, in the same regard as Rise of Nations did?
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
I hope there is some form of interactive functionality regarding the AI and alliances. Otherwise the entire system is academic at best and useless in general.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Yep, much more time will be spent on AI development. For the moment, if you want it more difficult than the Hard option, put multiple AI's on the same team so they won't fight each other and will only fight you. As for not helping you in the reinforcement, that looks like a bug - he should be reinforcing you (if he determines its in his best interest). AI commands will eventually be given by using the ping button.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
AI commands will eventually be given by using the ping button.


Hey Blair...About what percentage of total gameplay/functionality do we have at the moment? I get the impression based on other comments by you and Yarlen, that we have quite a bit more to see still. I assume (hopefully) we'll get to see more during Beta 2?