What AI's do we (in general) wish for the next ACDG?

[GeoModder]

Just in general for now.

Do we want 3 alien AI's, a mix of alien and human AI's, or strictly human AI's

[Chaunk]

Why is this multi choice?

Voted 3 human ai's. Alien ai's generate no commerce, and so one of Morgan's bonuses is cut out completely.

[GeoModder]

Small error.
And in current DG there ain't much commerce with AI's. Generally they're considered canon fodder or an easy opponent to get some experience points for your attacking units.

[Illuminatus]

This tempted me to vote for alien, but seriously no. Alien factions are just targets with sign "nerve gas here". They annoy in early game and get leveled in mid-game.

[Chaunk]

Yeah there's not a lot in this game, but it may be a viable strategy in the next game... Please lets not get rid of the option jsut because it hasn't happened this game

[GeoModder]

That "annoying" would be the good part, since the teams would need to look further then the next human played faction.

[Chaunk]

"Annoying" for three techs, then it's nerve gas all the way. Any human AI can be made to be just as annoying if not more so by the CMN.

[GeoModder]

Then the Alien might be made double so annoying

Serious, it can even bring teams together on a common goal (exterminate the aliens).

And with 3 alien factions, one's bound to be a custom made one. Perhaps an alien seafaction?

[Illuminatus]

/me recognizes his worst nighmares
Sea aliens? Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Does one of first goals have to be extermination of the AIs?

[Googlie]

I've long advocated moving nervegas from it's level 2 (HEC) to one of the level 12 techs, consistent with the time the Progenitors can start building their 6 subspace generators Then it becomes a race for the human factions to exterminate the aliens - prolly targetting those bases where they are trying to build their subspace generators - and the Aliens desperately trying to summon their homeland BattleFleet

[GeoModder]

Wouldn't help factions lagging behind in the tech tree, and with the best will of the world I can't see a proper tech for putting nervegas pods in.

[Googlie]

Prolly retroviral engineering, commensurate with gene warfare (although it's only a level 6 tech)

[Darsnan]

I voted 3 human Factions. Essentially the CMN has more options using human Factions than with the Progenitors.
BTW maybe we could use 3 Pirate Clone Factions? Along with Googlie's Cruiser Probe Team mod, could make things real interesting!


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[Skanky Burns]

This could so easily have been a single-choice poll.

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Darsnan
BTW maybe we could use 3 Pirate Clone Factions? Along with Googlie's Cruiser Probe Team mod, could make things real interesting!

LOL - or maybe 3 Aquatic Angel clone factions