How does the enemy ai choose targets

[The Gat Rat Qc]

Is it random or does the ai target systems based on what you have? I've had a string of the ai targetting the perfect system.

[anarcher]

It's very easy to test this with stealth b. Out of 100 encounters with it, count the number of hits that hit either o2 or weapons. You'll begin to see a pattern, and on hard it is more obvious.

[mkzzz12]

I wouldn't say easy to test, unless you're specifically checking for it, it would be really hard to just trust someone's word on how it seems. And it would take a lot of time if you were only playing for that. Maybe if someone modded in a super fast weapon to the start game encounter... And lots and lots of hull points..

Still, that's been mostly my impression on hard, as well, crucial systems get targeted a lot.

[DarkTwinge]

The main targeting distinction between difficulties is whether the room is empty or the room has a system. The difference isn't TOO drastic, but the AI does indeed target systems more often on Normal/Hard than it does on Easy.