Yup, AI spamming ships and AI discount on upkeep is real.

[Naustghoul]

Have en empire ot 30+ planets that have been runnning around since the beginning. Upstart race starts about 100 years ago. They now have 20 planets and waaaaaaaaaaay inferior tech (level 2 armor and shields and low level lasers). I decide to annex some planets (3). I start the war with 3 fleets of 15k a piece. He has one of 5k. within the scope of the war (which I lose) he now has equal navy, equal capacity (even though I have more starbases) and equal tech (same level as me). Oh and my fleets are all in the shop while the AI is running around with two stacked 45k fleets.

Paradox. Fix. The. Patch.

[Serangel]

Its known the AI cheats because it is far inferior to a human. This is design, not a bug.

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

Number of planets does not equal resource production. Especially considering that you had a hundred years (by the phrasing probably 200+ years), minimum, to get this far.. you're kind of lagging behind...

Blame it on the computer all you want.. but there is literally no reason for them to do that.

Star bases don't necessarily mean capacity (infact I only use it as a last resort), maybe they chose tech that specialized in it.

It's also entirely possible that other empires traded with them or gave them gifts.

Also you said technology is equal.. maybe you chose higher costing tech and they chose the lower ones (which A.I. often do).
This means that even though your techs are the better techs.. they matter the same as the cheaper ones in terms of being 'equal'.

[Damedius]

Originally posted by Serangel:

Its known the AI cheats because it is far inferior to a human. This is design, not a bug.

Are you sure they didn't forget to adjust things when they increased ship upkeep costs? Or couldn't in time without introducing more problems?

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

Originally posted by Serangel:

Its known the AI cheats because it is far inferior to a human. This is design, not a bug.

It is not known because it really isn't true.. I'd almost trust the A.I. over the average player in this game in terms of economic management.

[Naustghoul]

Prod for my energy is 400 and minerals 600... and I mean the other race has only been around 100 years. Mine has been around since 2200 and it is not 2850+.

There are no other empires. I started an empty galaxy achievement hunting.

[Damedius]

Originally posted by Lady Crimson:

Originally posted by Serangel:

Its known the AI cheats because it is far inferior to a human. This is design, not a bug.

It is not known because it really isn't true.. I'd almost trust the A.I. over the average player in this game in terms of economic management.

Play a game 50 years in, then switch to the AI and tell us what you think of it's economic management.

[Serangel]

Originally posted by Lady Crimson:

Originally posted by Serangel:

Its known the AI cheats because it is far inferior to a human. This is design, not a bug.

It is not known because it really isn't true.. I'd almost trust the A.I. over the average player in this game in terms of economic management.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-ai-pays-half-mineral-maintenance-ships-and-consumer-goods-on-normal.1072648/page-21#post-23876356

"I'd almost trust the A.I. over the average player in this game in terms of economic management." You mean how sectors will flood every available slot with food production?

[Peachtree Games]

Know what else is real? The AI doesn't try to win the game.

Yet nobody seems to complain much about that...

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

Originally posted by Naustghoul:

Prod for my energy is 400 and minerals 600... and I mean the other race has only been around 100 years. Mine has been around since 2200 and it is not 2850+.

There are no other empires. I started an empty galaxy achievement hunting.

lol, you're not even playing with other empires?

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

If you're playing a game.. and you're so afraid of other empires that you set it to 0.. then maybe your first instinct shouldn't be to blame the game for being too hard and maybe look at what you're doing.

[Problem Solver]

Originally posted by Lady Crimson:

Originally posted by Serangel:

Its known the AI cheats because it is far inferior to a human. This is design, not a bug.

It is not known because it really isn't true.. I'd almost trust the A.I. over the average player in this game in terms of economic management.

The AI does seem to get bonuses in most games. I believe this is scripted in because we the human players tend to go outside what may be scripted for the AI. The AI is only doing to do what is coded for it to do. Proof of this is in my game the AI was closer to a choke than me. It expanded in an outward pattern. I sent a construction ship many worlds away to take this choke point then work backwards toward my empire. The AI probably not coded to use such a tactic