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Okay, this next paragraph is something I copied from another thread about the AI. I wrote it so if you don't understand it, ask me:
the AI SE choices are based on what gives the most energy in the future. So basically, the AI will usually do planned economy in the beginning (usually) to increase growth so that in the future, the AI can do whatever that will give them a lot of energy then. Kind of confusing? Basically, the AI wants the maximum amount of energy produced in the entire game, not on the present turn. Using formulas and calculations, it makes the right decisions that will allow it to get the most energy in the future. The problem is, this way doesn't hold the AI factions to their idealogies and the AI doesn't know when the game ends, so they always plan for 200 years after they will have to "retire".
And that's just some of it:
The AI, besides being "honorable, intelligent, and strategic" really sucks. It is a computer. It sees things as numbers. The computer AI does what it does because it uses a whole bunch of calculations to see what makes it the most powerful. It can't use real strategy, because strategy isn't made of numbers. The AI knows to hide in fungus and in rocky squares, because it can calculate that it will get a better defense, but it can't make a real strategy like use excessive rovers or excessive formers, because it can't calculate that. Humans have strategies. Some players like to use lots of missiles, others psi units, others probe teams. Regardless of the faction, the AI simply builds everything, does everthing, based on numbers, ratios, and calculations.
the AI SE choices are based on what gives the most energy in the future. So basically, the AI will usually do planned economy in the beginning (usually) to increase growth so that in the future, the AI can do whatever that will give them a lot of energy then. Kind of confusing? Basically, the AI wants the maximum amount of energy produced in the entire game, not on the present turn. Using formulas and calculations, it makes the right decisions that will allow it to get the most energy in the future. The problem is, this way doesn't hold the AI factions to their idealogies and the AI doesn't know when the game ends, so they always plan for 200 years after they will have to "retire".
And that's just some of it:
The AI, besides being "honorable, intelligent, and strategic" really sucks. It is a computer. It sees things as numbers. The computer AI does what it does because it uses a whole bunch of calculations to see what makes it the most powerful. It can't use real strategy, because strategy isn't made of numbers. The AI knows to hide in fungus and in rocky squares, because it can calculate that it will get a better defense, but it can't make a real strategy like use excessive rovers or excessive formers, because it can't calculate that. Humans have strategies. Some players like to use lots of missiles, others psi units, others probe teams. Regardless of the faction, the AI simply builds everything, does everthing, based on numbers, ratios, and calculations.
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