Feature Request: Difficulty Levels for AI

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by MrPiggy54, December 26, 2013.

  1. MrPiggy54

    MrPiggy54 New Member

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    So i just started playing, love it so far except that i cant really learn how to play with the AI Commander being so difficult for a beginner. So in battle i'm trying to learn how to play and fight off the constant bots that destroy everything of mine at the same time, i've watched the tutorial, but i thought it would be a nice feature to add difficulty levels to the AI such as the 1-9 Scale like in Civilization 5. Another thought would be to add a format where all it is, is you alone with unlimited power and metal (Or Not) and your left to figure things out and experiment with things. These are just my thoughts and ideas for features, i dont expect them to get put in but it would be nice to have.
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  2. BulletMagnet

    BulletMagnet Post Master General

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    Turn the economic scale down on the AI. That limits it fairly well.

    That said, Sorian is planning to limit the AI in various ways before release, lest everyone gets hammered by it.
  3. MrPiggy54

    MrPiggy54 New Member

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    Well i've set my economy rate to 3 and the AI's to 1 but still got my *** kicked
  4. ORFJackal

    ORFJackal Active Member

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    Turn the AI's economy down. If you don't know how to manage your production, having 3x more economy is not going to help much. Try giving the AI 0.5 economy or lower - at 0 it can't build anything so you'll have only need to deal with its commander.

    Also remember http://pamatches.com/tutorials/
  5. Zoliru

    Zoliru Active Member

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    the AI at 0.5 builds 2 energy generator then goes AFK

    maybe it just buged in for me bicous it was next to water or I don't know XD
  6. stormingkiwi

    stormingkiwi Post Master General

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    Yeah that's just the bug I think. If it has 2 power gens it can afford to keep building power gens
  7. BigMonD

    BigMonD Member

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    +1 to this. I'd like to see this work too but the economy scaling will work for me for now.

    I guess they are just working on making an effective AI for now and they will cripple it later.
  8. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    I see you're new here, and welcome!

    You should do a search before posting as this gets asked frequently and is even answered in the FAQ.

    Difficulty settings will be added and is being worked on. We'll probably see it early next year.

    In the meantime, just use the economic scale.
  9. MrPiggy54

    MrPiggy54 New Member

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    Ok , Good to here. Sorry, will search next time.

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