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Mylith
Grand Admiral
Faster than Light
Joined: July 19, 2011
Posts: 507
From: Hivarin, CD+36*15693
|  Posted: 2012-02-08 10:47
Remove the ability to order AI except for platforms.
That is all.
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Enterprise
Chief Marshal
Joined: May 19, 2002
Posts: 2576
From: Hawthorne, Nevada
| Posted: 2012-02-08 12:09
I've personally never been a fan of being able to use AI armies as my personal meatshield. It can make it easy to get rid of smaller ships (most AI ships are smaller and better equipped to handle them), makes it even easier for large player forces to survive (AI HP is free HP).
There is also the knowledge that in the future AI will be much smarter and thus not only be just meatshields but effective ones too.
My personal thought is that AI would not be spawned individually but in their own fleets made up of smaller ships and a few larger ones and one leader ship. Whatever it happens to be. Homesystems would have bigger baddies.
These AI would not be able to respond to player orders and instead choose planets to attack and defend on their own. Players could help those AI in their bids if they wanted to, but at least you wouldn't see the entire UGTO armada focused on a single combat destroyer.
I feel something like this would provide a much more organized and least, balanced way to have AI a part of overall PVP without people using them as their personal army.
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Gejaheline
Fleet Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 19, 2005
Posts: 1127
From: UGTO MUNIN HQ, Mars
| Posted: 2012-02-08 12:23
Yeah, I think the AI would be better used to make things interesting by grouping up and initiating fights, rather than following players around. Sure, if players want to follow the AI around and help them, that's fine, but they won't serve as a mobile meat shield to be summoned wherever.
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Fatal Mack Bolan(WildCards_58th)*COM*
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Fatal Squadron
Joined: June 12, 2010
Posts: 184
From: home planet: Exathra
| Posted: 2012-02-08 12:39
or even make the ai trade transports player control-able or filtering them and platforms from showing up on the ai list......either way would be an improvement
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-(kha-ti the silent watcher)-
Grand Admiral
Joined: September 12, 2011
Posts: 185
From: the land of silent watchers
| Posted: 2012-02-08 12:43
i hope the devs take it out since i've been swarmed by ai all the time when i've fought other players.
also mack...you're using my old signature i used before i got my one i have now.
you copier...at least you know star wars...thats good.
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Gejaheline
Fleet Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 19, 2005
Posts: 1127
From: UGTO MUNIN HQ, Mars
| Posted: 2012-02-08 13:11
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On 2012-02-08 12:43, kha-ti the silent watcher wrote:
also mack...you're using my old signature i used before i got my one i have now.
you copier...at least you know star wars...thats good.
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And your signature horribly mangles the phrase "Klaatu Barada Nikto."
We now return you to your regularly scheduled topic.
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-(kha-ti the silent watcher)-
Grand Admiral
Joined: September 12, 2011
Posts: 185
From: the land of silent watchers
| Posted: 2012-02-08 13:15
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On 2012-02-08 13:11, Gejaheline wrote:
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On 2012-02-08 12:43, kha-ti the silent watcher wrote:
also mack...you're using my old signature i used before i got my one i have now.
you copier...at least you know star wars...thats good.
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And your signature horribly mangles the phrase "Klaatu Barada Nikto."
We now return you to your regularly scheduled topic.
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so what does that mean...lol i got it from my fleet's forums.
edit. nevermind the wonder's of google pulled through please resume topic.
[ This Message was edited by: kha-ti the silent watcher on 2012-02-08 13:18 ]
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Fattierob
Vice Admiral
Joined: April 25, 2003
Posts: 4059
| Posted: 2012-02-08 13:15
Just a Quick question since I can never figure out how to make a horde of AI protect me - how do you actually pull this off?
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Mylith
Grand Admiral
Faster than Light
Joined: July 19, 2011
Posts: 507
From: Hivarin, CD+36*15693
| Posted: 2012-02-08 13:18
That's because you(and a lot of other devs) (almost)never play.
Set them to defend.
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Princess Celestia
Marshal
Joined: July 03, 2011
Posts: 165
From: The Crystal Empire.
| Posted: 2012-02-08 15:17
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On 2012-02-08 10:47, Persistance wrote:
Remove the ability to order AI except for platforms.
That is all.
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Ordering platforms is almost entirely worthless.
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Fattierob
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Joined: April 25, 2003
Posts: 4059
| Posted: 2012-02-08 15:24
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On 2012-02-08 13:18, Persistance wrote:
That's because you(and a lot of other devs) (almost)never play.
Set them to defend.
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I play when I can (and honestly it's not alot but it's hard to play release when you're used to beta), but I still can't figure out *how* to set them to defend. If I target any AI I just get the ability to cancel their current order (and it goes right back to their previous order)
edit: oh you need to select the ship and then right click on yours. Right then, let me see about tweaking this.
[ This Message was edited by: Fattierob on 2012-02-08 15:25 ]
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Mylith
Grand Admiral
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From: Hivarin, CD+36*15693
| Posted: 2012-02-08 16:24
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On 2012-02-08 15:17, Brony Jack wrote:
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On 2012-02-08 10:47, Persistance wrote:
Remove the ability to order AI except for platforms.
That is all.
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Ordering platforms is almost entirely worthless.
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It is when you use them as they were intended to 
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marco ramius
Admiral
Joined: October 16, 2010
Posts: 23
| Posted: 2012-02-08 21:40
add a button to add/remove enh's to a ship while on the ship selection screen <--------- BIG +1 for this
comments please.............
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