Interested in purchasing, have a question.

[builder680]

Hello, I have a question about purchasing AI War.

If I get the "base game," I assume that means I'll download AI War 5.0

The question is, if I download the latest expansion, which I believe is LotS, does it come with the other expansions too, or do I need to download/purchase those separately?

If separately, is there anything in those previous expansions that I will need to get full functionality in the base game?

Or that I would be missing out on even if I didn't technically need them?

Thanks.

[Red Spot]

You need the base game, cant go around that. For the rest, and this goes for pretty much every game, you dont need any intermediate expansions, but you will lose out on some really cool stuff

[keith.lamothe]

Welcome to the forums

Hello, I have a question about purchasing AI War.

(A salesman appears in a puff of smoke, with an insufferably ingratiating smile)

If I get the "base game," I assume that means I'll download AI War 5.0

Right, the AI War 5.0 download is the basis of all of it.  The expansion installers don't actually have separate .exe files or anything like that, they just have the extra art and music and whatnot that's expansion-specific.  The base game actually has all the code the expansions use, too, it just isn't actually "used" without them.

The question is, if I download the latest expansion, which I believe is LotS, does it come with the other expansions too, or do I need to download/purchase those separately?

LotS is just LotS, it neither requires nor provides anything from TZR or CoN.

If separately, is there anything in those previous expansions that I will need to get full functionality in the base game?

Since there's only one actual game, the base game gets all functionality, only explicitly expansion-specific stuff (like ship types, ai types, map types, minor factions, etc; NEVER something like a UI feature) is... well, expansion-specific.

Or that I would be missing out on even if I didn't technically need them?

TZR and CoN each have quite a bit of content, yes, and it's not included in either the base game or LotS.

[ShadowOTE]

It's worth getting all the expansions, though you can get a bit overwhelmed if you try turning everything on all at once... then again, I dont know how many people here are crazy enough to turn on every possible minor faction, ai plot, wave type modifier, maximum AI defenses, ship types, hybrids, and all the other stuff I know I'm forgetting. Hmm... we need to have a competition to find the most convoluted setup you can start the game with.

[keith.lamothe]

It's worth getting all the expansions, though you can get a bit overwhelmed if you try turning everything on all at once... then again, I dont know how many people here are crazy enough to turn on every possible minor faction, ai plot, wave type modifier, maximum AI defenses, ship types, hybrids, and all the other stuff I know I'm forgetting. Hmm... we need to have a competition to find the most convoluted setup you can start the game with.

I've seen some _really_ crazy setups in saves attached to mantis records.  It basically turns into an unofficial "Survival Mode"

[TechSY730]

Hello, I have a question about purchasing AI War.

(A salesman appears in a puff of smoke, with an insufferably ingratiating smile)

I was wondering about why you would ask that on the official forums. It's like asking whether you should buy a new car at a car dealer.

[Echo35]

Hmm... we need to have a competition to find the most convoluted setup you can start the game with.

Turn on everything at the same time.

[builder680]

I was wondering about why you would ask that on the official forums. It's like asking whether you should buy a new car at a car dealer.

Because the questions I wanted the answers to were probably best answered here. And apparently it worked, every question I had was answered, and quickly. Sounds like it was a pretty good idea to me.

Where should I have asked, the Trojan Condom forums?

Have decided to pass on the game for now, but thanks to all who answered.