AI bonuses on different difficulty levels

[logic_error]

This may have been already asked but I couldn't find any exact information on this subject. So, what penalties or bonuses the AI gets on different difficulty levels?

[smacksim]

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=116713&highlight=AI+bonuses

This has been asked and answered many times.

[Googlie]

The one area that wasn't covered earlier might be the most basic:

when you are playing on X DIFF, the computer gets production penalties/bonuses as follows( assuming +/- 0 INDUSTRY):

Where X =

Citizen - 130% of normal cost
Specialist - 120%
Talent - 110%
Librarian - 100%
Thinker - 80%
Transcend - 70%

What that means is that when you are playing at, say, Citizen level, you need 10 nuts or mins to complete a row in the box, but the AI needs 13

Similarly, if you are playing at Transcend level, you need 10 nuts or mins to complete a row in a box, but the AI needs just 7

[logic_error]

Thanks Googlie, that was the information I was looking for! If this has been asked many times, why not make a faq about this? Or did I miss that one too?

Anyway, it seems the higher difficulty levels in SMAC are a lot more easier than in Civ3. I just started a Thinker level game, I can hardly notice any difference to Librarian.

[smacksim]

logic_error, you could add this to the Common Questions and answers thread, once you've gathered all the relevant changes. Then it will be topped for all time.

-S

[Commy]

Civ is a lot harder. You never see somebody transcending in civ in the year 2154. Assuming that you could transcend...