AI hull strength at advanced difficulty level?

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Playing a game right now, AI has battleships with hull strength of 122? Is this right? I have never seen a hull like that before.

Kvim
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Battleships have 50 hitpoints to begin with.

If you select War Party as you political party you get a 100% bonus to your ship's hitpoints. That gives your Battleship 100 hitpoints.

Then you can get all kinds of hitpoint bonuses in the game. The "Tri-Strontium Steel" wonder f.x. gives you another 50% bonus to hitpoints. Your Survey ship can also "find" bonuses in space (debris and anomalies).

If the AI's battleships had 122 HP, their total bonus must have been 144%.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I kinda figured out some of this :) I hadn't had a game where the enemy fought as well as this so far, so wasn't ready for his 122 hull ships showing up when all I had was battle cruisers with a hull of about 20 or 30.

Kvim
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I just had the same thing happen to me! I wanted to try this out and played a "tiny" game with smart AI's.

I selected war-party and built the Tri-Strontium Steel wonder and I was having a good time with my all-powerful BattleCruisers when I ran into an AI with BattleShips. It was not a pretty sight! LOL