How's the A.I. ?

[KidInTheHall]

I'm a solo player and am curious how well the A.I. is compared to the first especially as far as things like Diplomacy goes as I like to play long games with multiple factions and let allegiances change and evolve as the game goes on.

I'm sure they are improvements over the first game but anyone else prefer to play the A.I. in long games and have you noticed a good improvement?

[satch6668]

From what i saw via old version and new version via youtubers, it has obvious flaws so if you find anything when you play. Make sure your voice is heard and report AI problems so they can fix it.

[Curhaj]

not that good yet, but it gets improved slowly. It was promised that the coming update will have more advanced AI

And it will be updated in future also.

[Roderick]

Originally posted by paper_moon:

not that good yet, but it gets improved slowly. It was promised that the coming update will have more advanced AI

And it will be updated in future also.

Did it get improved over the time since it started on epic or is it just their word?

[Curhaj]

Originally posted by Roderick:

Originally posted by paper_moon:

not that good yet, but it gets improved slowly. It was promised that the coming update will have more advanced AI

And it will be updated in future also.

Did it get improved over the time since it started on epic or is it just their word?

it was indeed improved I saw several major improvements, but there is still work to do. Even after the release. And they will update it and continue to develop the game after the release.

[Yarlen]

Major improvements from the current Epic build - and more to come over time as folks learn how to exploit it. :D

[limith]

Looking forward to the improvements and getting the game on release. Glad to see Ironclad games is back too. :D

[Lywelyn]

good to know.

it's not rocket science a good RTS mean a good AI for skirmish ^^

[Ketamarine]

Originally posted by Yarlen:

Major improvements from the current Epic build - and more to come over time as folks learn how to exploit it. :D

Already seems better than sins 1 AI.

Sins 1 AI could never actually take over planets. They would send huge fleets and then bail when they had effectively won the battle around the planet.

Super annoying as even on higher difficulties it was easily exploited by baiting them into defensive planets.

[Nongenti]

Also notable is that in the new planet and economy system, the AI can not crippel itself as it could in Sins 1.
That alone is improving the economical performance of the AI for example.

[res judicator]

The AI seems terrible in terms of strategy: it doesn't identify weak points to attack, it doesn't go for any specific thematic strategies, etc. However, it seems pretty good at general macro: the AI can produce a large fleet fairly quickly and can continue to rebuild the fleet after you smash it.