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Offline Hearteater

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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #75 on: May 08, 2013, 10:34:26 am »
AI Bans Force Fields
AI Bans Hardened Force Fields
AI Bans Gravity Turrets
AI does not care what you ban.  GG.
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #76 on: May 08, 2013, 10:36:54 am »
Who talked anything about moba bans. There could be "exclusions" in the "Ships" tab in the lobby. Stop being dumbasses lol.
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #77 on: May 08, 2013, 10:38:49 am »
Quote from: Kahuna on May 08, 2013, 10:36:54 am
Who the talked anything about moba bans. There could be "exclusions" in the "Ships" tab in the lobby. Stop being dumbasses lol.
I know you weren't suggesting them.  I just found the idea amusing of what would happen if the AI got to act on the stuff it hates to see you use :)

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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #78 on: May 08, 2013, 10:39:33 am »
Yeah sure
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #79 on: May 08, 2013, 11:13:07 am »
AI Picks... It chooses Economic Command Station!
AI Picks... It chooses Logistics Command Station!
AI Picks... It chooses Military Command Station!
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #80 on: May 08, 2013, 11:14:16 am »
Quote from: KDR_11k on May 08, 2013, 11:13:07 am
AI Picks... It chooses Economic Command Station!
AI Picks... It chooses Logistics Command Station!
AI Picks... It chooses Military Command Station!
Or it could just play 2x Scorched Earth, but yea ;)
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #81 on: May 08, 2013, 11:21:07 am »
This sounds absolutely amazing, just tell me when I can preorder. Would throwing money at my computer screen help?
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #82 on: May 08, 2013, 01:54:49 pm »
I've had an idea for a while.

How about letting the AI build stuff from docks?

This would not overshadow their standard means of production (the existing mechanics), and in fact when building through these, they would be subject to ship caps (for example, if they have more than or equal to 96 fighters in the galaxy of Mk. N, which is almost all the time, then they wouldn't be able to use docks to produce them). Thus, this means of production would be rare.

It could even be that they won't bother until they start feeling threatened enough such that they feel they can't wait for the next "warp" to become "ready".

It would also give you a reason to go for capturable docks; you want to get those docks away from AI hands before the AI decides to start using them against you. (Especially the experimental ones and the fabricators for ship types they haven't "unlocked" normally)


Not sure about structure production from their command center, as many of the AI structures don't really make sense as buildables...
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #83 on: May 08, 2013, 05:37:11 pm »
I actually wouldn't mind too terribly if, for everything that you banned (extending to bonus ship types) the AI can just ban something of yours at random as well.
But hey that's just me. Sounds like an amusingly evil counterbalance.
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #84 on: May 09, 2013, 06:35:25 pm »
How about AI updates? We're adding in some new units and guard posts, but in this expansion or the next, will the AI be getting some new tricks?

Also, more taunts? I know we ask for this every time. Our voice actors have been on strike or something.
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #85 on: May 09, 2013, 06:45:59 pm »
Quote from: Cyborg on May 09, 2013, 06:35:25 pm
How about AI updates? We're adding in some new units and guard posts, but in this expansion or the next, will the AI be getting some new tricks?
I've been working on basically nothing but AI improvements for the last couple days, actually :)

As for taunts, yea, that is a common request.  Specific suggestions for what/when?
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #86 on: May 09, 2013, 06:50:49 pm »
I recall a particular conversation...

"Obey gravity, it's the law." - when the AI wipes your raid starships/transports in the presence of a gravity drainer.
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #87 on: May 10, 2013, 03:46:25 am »
Hmm...taunts...

"Prepare to die."
"Did you think it would be so easy to stop us?"
"You are nothing."

Out of curiosity, which one of you voices the AI?

And on a (non-sarcastically) completely unrelated note, this has been bugging me for all of half a game, but I think it got buried: http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=11052
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Quote from: keith.lamothe on October 06, 2013, 04:55:25 pm
Quote from: Winge on October 06, 2013, 04:45:19 pm
thank you so much, RNG
It aims to please!

Or is that "to kill"?  Hmm.

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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #88 on: May 10, 2013, 03:56:50 am »
"I've waited N cycles for this opportunity." (N being a large randomly generated 64-bit binary, starting with a 1.)
- When the AI deploys a nasty one-time counter.  A beachhead would be nice...? :P
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Re: Gearing up for the next AIW expansion: "Vengeance of the Machine"
« Reply #89 on: May 10, 2013, 07:15:23 am »
Quote from: Aquohn on May 10, 2013, 03:46:25 am
Hmm...taunts...
I don't mind if they add more taunts as long as I will be able to manually remove the taunt sound files so I don't have to hear them.
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