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Offline Winge

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AI Homeworld Brutal Picks
« on: April 01, 2013, 11:05:38 am »
Is there a list of the AI Homeworld Brutal Picks somewhere?  I checked the patch notes, but I think those were listed in an older version.
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Re: AI Homeworld Brutal Picks
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2013, 12:30:02 pm »
From what I remember:

AI Core Eyes
AI Core Raid Engines
AI CPA Posts
AI Wraith Lance Post
AI <Launches gravity drones and with gravity field> Post
Teuthida Post
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Offline Winge

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Re: AI Homeworld Brutal Picks
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2013, 12:52:25 pm »
That's what I thought as well...Each AI Homeworld should have 2 Brutal picks, right?  In the save, Interworlds is what I would expect--rough, due to both a Core Raid Engine GP and a Core CPA GP, but within expected parameters.  And then there is Rhy's Crusade.  Rhy's Crusade has a Core Raid Engine GP, a Wrath Lance, and a Teuthida.  This is the second game I have seen what I thought were 3 brutal picks on one homeworld (the last one was Gravity Reactor, CPA, and Raid...needless to say, I never finished that game).

The reason I bring this up is because I want to know:
1.  Is this some sort of glitch?  If so, I'd definitely like to report it; I'm very tired of seeing so many brutal picks.
2.  Is the Core Raid Engine Post a brutal pick?  It really should be; the other brutal picks make it difficult to attack their Homeworld.  This one has the potential to wipe you out of the galaxy, if not handled carefully.

Advice for the current game would not be out of place either  :-[
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Re: AI Homeworld Brutal Picks
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2013, 01:00:11 pm »
What difficulty level are you playing? On very high difficulties you face 3 of them.
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Re: AI Homeworld Brutal Picks
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2013, 01:08:26 pm »
What difficulty level are you playing? On very high difficulties you face 3 of them.

8.3--I don't really consider that very high :P.  I also asked the question because I've never seen 3 brutal picks mentioned in any 10/10 AAR (though some of those end well before the homeworlds...).
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Re: AI Homeworld Brutal Picks
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2013, 01:42:00 pm »
The number of brutal picks is rolled independently for each homeworld:

On 9+, it's 3.
On 8+ it's randomly picked between 2 and 3.
On 7+ it's randomly picked between 1 and 2.
Otherwise it's randomly picked between 0 and 1.
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