Unbidden change?

[Demon of Razgriz]

So, I am really fighting the Unbidden for probably the first time. Usually I had the crisis levels so low that I could beat them before anything really happened, but now I am playing at 10x.

So, we are in a pretty desperate situation, I managed to defeat the Vehement, but the Unbidden and the Aberrant are spreading like wildfire. I got the custodian vote and I thought I had a plan to deal with it, but it doesn't seem to be working and it should be according to what I always thought about them.

I made a desperate run to the portal system (yes, there are still anchors, so I can't destroy the portal), but from what I understand, the Unbidden should be recalling all fleets to defend the system, but they don't seem to be and my fleet is just sitting around.

My original plan was to occupy the portal system and kill the fleets as they came back, then once they were gone, I would leave most of the fleet in the portal system to kill any reinforcements that come through and I would have a dedicated couple fleets going around to kill anchors (since all the Unbidden fleets should have come back to the portal system).

However, the Unbidden fleets don't seem at all bothered by the fact that I am currently occupying the portal system and there are way too many fleets for me to be able to hunt them all down.

Did the Unbidden change how they act or something? Is my plan not going to work?

[MrFreake_PDX]

There has been a fair amount of work done on the AI in general, and the crisis specifically since 2.6. I'm not sure if the recalling behaviour has changed to not care about the portal system until the anchors are destroyed, but I would not be surprised.

Establishing the Galactic Defence Force might help you out here, as a way to build upkeep-free ships, and turn the tide. :)

[Xaphnir]

Originally posted by MrFreake_PDX:

There has been a fair amount of work done on the AI in general, and the crisis specifically since 2.6. I'm not sure if the recalling behaviour has changed to not care about the portal system until the anchors are destroyed, but I would not be surprised.

Establishing the Galactic Defence Force might help you out here, as a way to build upkeep-free ships, and turn the tide. :)

Does the crisis still have the obsessive anti-player bias? From my experience it always seems to be the crisis suicides into you or it's too strong and just kills you. Never seen it actually spread across the galaxy, even when I try go out of my way to ignore it except when it enters my borders.