I was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else. I have played four games so far, starting at cakewalk and then progressing one level of difficulty as I go. For some reason, gigantic map, I come across all of these great planets, alot of them in the AI's solar system or very close, but the computer doesn't seem to notice them. No matter how long into the game I am, I can still come across high PQ planets that are definitely within the AI's area of reach. The AI does do some sneaky things with respect to slipping in a constructor or two to snatch a nearby resource, but that's it. It's almost as if the computer is content to stay on the homeworld, maybe pushing two or three colonies out early on, then that's it. Again, it's no big deal but I just wondered if it was the difficulty setting or what. Also, when does the AI begin to get bonuses, after the NORMAL diff or what? Thanks