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Offline Hearteater

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High difficulty AI tech levels
« on: January 17, 2012, 12:08:39 pm »
I was just looking over when the AI unlocks Mark II, III and IV and I noticed difficulty applies in a somewhat unusual way (according to the wiki):
1) Difficulty affects when Mark II is unlocked
2) Difficulty does NOT affect when Mark III is unlocked, it always unlocks 500 AIP after Mark II
3) Difficulty does NOT affect when Mark IV is unlocked either, it always unlocks 400 AIP after Mark III

This is due to the x-(10*difficulty) formula that applies for all three unlocks.  Starting at difficulty 9.3, the AI starts at Mark II and moves up from there.  I guess I always expected higher difficulties to have tighter thresholds and they don't really aside from the special case of 9.3+ and that is just a hard break point which seems somewhat at odds with the current difficulty scale.

Maybe 800-difficulty*15 for Mark III unlocks and 1200-difficulty*20 for Mark IV would be a better fit at least for 9 and below.   Just a thought.  See below for a before and after table:

DiffIIIIIIVIIIIIIV
129079011902907851180
228078011802807701160
327077011702707551140
426076011602607401120
525075011502507251100
624074011402407101080
723073011302306951060
7.322772711272276911054
7.622472411242246861048
822072011202206801040
8.321771711172176761034
8.621471411142146711028
921071011102106651020
9.302077070207707
9.602047040204704
9.802027020202702
1002007000200700
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Offline chemical_art

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Re: High difficulty AI tech levels
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2012, 12:50:29 pm »
Well, at some time (I think 8.7 or 9.0) the ai starts at mk II, then goes to III at 200ish AIP, etc.

It's quite an handful!
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Offline Hearteater

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Re: High difficulty AI tech levels
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2012, 01:07:34 pm »
I thought that was just the technologist AIs?
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Offline Hearteater

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Re: High difficulty AI tech levels
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2012, 08:19:00 pm »
Just checked and starting at 9.3 difficulty, the AI begins at Mark II and scales up to Mark III at 300-(difficulty*10) and Mark IV at 800-(difficulty*10).  I'll amend the original post.
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Offline zoutzakje

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Re: High difficulty AI tech levels
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2012, 11:09:29 am »
technologists always start at mk III, not II.
Personally I don't mind the difference between the techs always being the same. As long as the AIP threshold is lower with higher difficulty, I'm happy.
though it would be interesting to see this happening. means I get to feed my botnet high tech ships a lot earlier :D
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