Defense exploit? Bug?

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I have long noticed that AI fleets would ignore juicy targets on their way to their attack destination.  I wondered to what extreme that could be taken.

As a test, I constructed a base in an AI zone, pre-positioned a lot of tiny 1-gun defenders there, let war be declared, and waited for the enemy fleets to show up with that base as their attack destination.

When the first fleet approached, I constructed a wall ahead of the fleet, and it went around (rather than "through").

Next, I made a torturous path, and it followed it (essentially, I "herded it").

Last, I put eight of the tinies all around the base, and the enemy fleet stopped dead in space, buffaloed.

I waited for it to be given new orders, but eventually gave up.

I then destroyed the fleet with a stronger one of my own I had nearby, and repeated the experiment.  Worked the same each time.

Would the AI ever attack through?  I may have to repeat it with a planet, but that is harder to set up.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Herding the AI.

I love it.  :lol:

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I did a similar thing once... one very strong civilization was quite hostile but not at war with me.  I was much weaker than they were.  I got a blessing of 100 puny corvettes from some event... and placed eight of them around each of the other civilization's planets.    He never launched a ship, and it allowed me to catch up in research and military strength, and then to defeat him.

 

It might also have shut off his trade, further helping me get ahead.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

SelfGovern: Now that's just wrong. I don't know how a human player could deal with that, let alone the AI.

Still a good way to make use of otherwise worthless premade ships, though.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Hmmmm.

I think I would buy-trade for some other AI's warship(s) and use it to break the blockade at one planet.  No way the AI would be up to that!