Poll

What is the most annoying or aggravating AI to fight against? (Choose 2)

Counter Spy
0 (0%)
Warp Jumper
4 (11.4%)
Golemite
0 (0%)
Scorched Earth
13 (37.1%)
Shadow Master
0 (0%)
Mad Bomber
1 (2.9%)
One Way Door Master
4 (11.4%)
Extreme Raider
0 (0%)
Backdoor Hacker
1 (2.9%)
Alarmist
4 (11.4%)
Attritioner
1 (2.9%)
Experimentalist
2 (5.7%)
Thief
2 (5.7%)
Fortress Baron
1 (2.9%)
Zenith Descendant
2 (5.7%)

Total Members Voted: 0

Voting closed: January 28, 2011, 12:24:55 pm

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Offline TechSY730

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Most Annoying AI
« on: January 14, 2011, 12:24:55 pm »
We may have had a poll like this before, but since there has been so many balance changes, I figure its time to ask again. This poll is in reference to the latest BETA, not the latest stable version. Make sure you are using up do date knowledge before voting.

If there are popular "other" candidates, I will try to add them to the poll.

EDIT: Please refrain from voting for technologist AIs or any AI excluded from the "non-technologist random list". This includes, but is not limited to, the core and the the raid engine AI. These are meant to be unfairly aggravating, and thus don't count.

EDIT2: Removed the other option. If the AI you want is not on the list, post it, and if it is popular enough, I will add it and you can vote for that.
« Last Edit: January 14, 2011, 12:43:26 pm by techsy730 »
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Offline Red Spot

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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2011, 12:56:26 pm »
This is going 1-way really fast ....  8)
Anyone that doesnt find scorched earth to be most annoying really has to play vs 2 scorched earth AIs :D
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2011, 12:58:16 pm »
Yea, I may allow up to three votes, just so one of them can be scorched earth.
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Offline Red Spot

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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2011, 01:22:20 pm »
The other AIs can be difficult, and become annoying if after x-tries you still cant handle them. Scorched earth is just soooo painfull there are no other words for it than just call them annoying, which again can be fun for a random game here and there (but you wont find me playing them often ...).
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2011, 01:39:46 pm »
Quote from: Red Spot on January 14, 2011, 12:56:26 pm
2 scorched earth AIs :D
Yikes. Is such a game even possible to win? How would you get any resources, ever?
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2011, 01:55:05 pm »
Quote from: BobTheJanitor on January 14, 2011, 01:39:46 pm
Quote from: Red Spot on January 14, 2011, 12:56:26 pm
2 scorched earth AIs :D
Yikes. Is such a game even possible to win? How would you get any resources, ever?

Simple, your home planet.  :D
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2011, 02:08:18 pm »
Because it is clear scorched earth is going to win this poll, I've added a bugtracker issue about it. Basically, it suggests that scorched-earth gets lumped in with the technologist AIs and the raid-engine AI so it gets excluded from most random AI rolls and gets highlighted red.

http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=2435

Vote up or down if you want.
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2011, 02:23:25 pm »
Zenith Descendant (autobomb spam in waves), backdoor hacker, experimentalists, alarmists and attritioners along with Warp Jumpers and Scorched Earth.  Even fighting against just one Scorched Earth isn't THAT bad, you just need to be more careful.

I think technologist AIs are a lot of fun, Mad Bombers have no defenses so if you can hold off the waves you're okay.  Stealth AIs aren't so bad since you can set up mk3 cmd or tachyons at key points and cloaking ships are generally weaker than other ships once they've been revealed.  The added planetary cloakers are relatively easy to destroy with raids of mk1 and/or mk2 fighters.

Golemite golems have very low HP (3.6 million hp for an AI botnet golem?  ridiculously easy to destroy), and I kind of like one-way doormasters because hijacking black hole generators is both useful and profitable.
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2011, 02:32:53 pm »
Quote from: Sunshine! on January 14, 2011, 02:23:25 pm
Zenith Descendant (autobomb spam in waves), backdoor hacker, experimentalists, alarmists and attritioners along with Warp Jumpers and Scorched Earth.  Even fighting against just one Scorched Earth isn't THAT bad, you just need to be more careful.
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Duh, backdoor hacker, alarmists, and attritioners. I'll add those now.
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2011, 02:43:06 pm »
Experimentalists, without question. Hordes of decloakers, decoy drones, speed boosters, short of a scorched Earth AI I can hardly imagine anything more unpleasantly disruptive. The new "thief" AI should clearly be on this list as well, any time the AI has tractor beam ships to drag away my ships it's a pretty major annoyance.

Edit: And let me be clear, I mean "annoyance" and "disruptive" in the best possible sense, here.  ;D
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2011, 02:44:45 pm »
Quote from: Vinraith on January 14, 2011, 02:43:06 pm
Experimentalists, without question. Hordes of decloakers, decoy drones, speed boosters, short of a scorched Earth AI I can hardly imagine anything more unpleasantly disruptive. The new "thief" AI should clearly be on this list as well, any time the AI has tractor beam ships to drag away my ships it's a pretty major annoyance.

Added both of those. Thanks

EDIT: I think you are able to change your vote, but maybe not.
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2011, 02:45:50 pm »
I <3 when the AI ends up with Etherjets.  I always find it hilarious when a wave comes in and steals all my fighters.  Frustrating, but hilarious.
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2011, 02:50:48 pm »
I'd vote for Fortress Baron but he's not there.
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2011, 03:11:54 pm »
Quote from: Echo35 on January 14, 2011, 02:50:48 pm
I'd vote for Fortress Baron but he's not there.

I was hesitating to add this. But after seeing how many posts you have made, I am guessing you know what you are talking about :D
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Re: Most Annoying AI
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2011, 03:15:51 pm »
Quote from: Sunshine! on January 14, 2011, 02:45:50 pm
I <3 when the AI ends up with Etherjets.  I always find it hilarious when a wave comes in and steals all my fighters.  Frustrating, but hilarious.

I have the same with that starship, send in a cap of bombers to only see them being dragged away untill all are killed. What better way to aimlessly waste resources :D
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