So I just beat the Technologist Raider AI, and was surprised to note that on difficulty 7 technologist AIs are easier than any AI difficulty 9 and up, I had always thought it would be the opposite. Was a fun game though, tier 3 waves in the first 30 minutes made it interesting and had to do some kiting with my frigates, and I did get 7 of my planets wiped by Core Vampires before they ran into my superfortress/radar jammerII/20 heavy beam cannons world and get completely stomped. I think playing a technologist AI on any difficulty after 8 would be really hard (no cheesy setting, normal maps), and was wondering if anyone had done it and how?
~Kryzite
As an afterthought, the Dyson Sphere with the new border control thing is quite annoying, after a point I just had streams of tier 4 ships hitting me, and it was in too bad a spot to make it worthwhile.