Botnet golems + Knowlege Raid = zombies

[Irxallis]

Hello,



The screenshot above presents a knowledge raid. My forces (light blue) are a 'shield' and my partner's Botnet Golem is on the right side, turning all the units into zombies. This means that for us knowledge raids became a much simpler and cheaper option than taking the planet.

I think it might be a good idea to consider changing knowledge raid spewed ships to zombies (like in case of AI Eye or SuperTerminal). Additionally, it would be consistent - all other 'generated' ships are of zombie type. After about 30-50 seconds of struggle the zombies fight the spawns on their own, while I just have to kill Spire Mini-Rams and provide the cover for a golem.

Should I add this to Mantis, or is there any reason for them not being zombies?

[BobTheJanitor]

That sounds like the textbook definition of an unforeseen exploit. My only complaint is that I didn't think of it first. But you're right, that probably needs to be fixed. Time to go quickly abuse it...

[Malibu Stacey]

Sounds pretty much like my MRS + parasites/leech SS tactics vs AI Eyes in pre-5.0 which was a massive exploit to get tons of free ships. I haven't started a v5.0 game with any expansions enabled yet otherwise I'd be trying to abuse this too

I would post it on Mantis if you haven't already Irxallis.

AI forces created when you trigger a "deep strike alert" (or whatever it's called, I did it accidentally the other day just go 5 hops from an owned system with a fleet & you'll see) may also need to be looked similarly.

[Irxallis]

Ok, if it is not only me who thinks it should be looked at, I'll make a post on the Mantis.
Thanks!