Possible Movement bug

Movement bug, or AI stupidity...

I noticed this in a game I was playing pretty early on but I never really gave it much thought, I'm now a good way into it and I've noticed it again. During the opening turns my Flagship stumbled upon two other flag ships, Dregan and some other one, and they, like me, were heading towards a wormhole. Fortunately I got there first however the two Flagships of the respective races simply stopped and haven't moved since.It's as if they had a job of heading towards the wormhole but once I got there first and removed that variable they didn't have a backup to do so simply ceased to operate. I simply thought "all the better for me" and continued on but I seemed to have noticed it again. the Dragans and I were at war with a 3rd race (again still haven't played the game enough to know all the different races

) and we were both sending fleets to take a planet. My transports got there first and we took the planet in the ensuing land battle however the Dragan fleet on the way as well simply stopped moving and thats about 3-4 ships in two fleets.

Is this a bug or are they simply INCREDIBLY patient in waiting for a new oportunity to present itself?

Steviejay

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Why do you think it is a bug or stupidity? Is there anything else that the AI could have done with the transports apart from move them, i.e. attack/invade elsewhere?

There's not really much point in moving your ships unless there's a valid reason to do so, e.g. under threat or an opportunity elsewhere. Might as well leave them be otherwise, I know I'd probably do the same.

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Once they've run out of things to do, they do tend to just stop. The AI tends to use Flagships purely for anomalies - once they've gone, it parks it there forever. They use scouts to explore.... it would be a good idea if the AI could switch from using the flagship survey routine to the explore one. You will also notice that when scouts find something they're interested in, they tend to stay there for a while - this isn't such a problem as it gives them a view of whats occurring there.

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