Everyone using same weapons (still)

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In some versions I've seen good diversity in weapons choices... But in the last 2 1.3 versions (1 game each), I've had basically most of the AIs pick the same weapons branch. (beams for both games)

Further I have tech trading turned off, which used to help with this problem. (since the AIs don't share their techs at all)

Is this common for everyone ? It makes the game much less challenging and I wonder is this a bug or is it a design decision ? (if it's by design, there needs to be more work done on changing paths when an enemy is defending against it)
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I've only played three games since 1.3 and 1.31 consecutively...

But as I recall the last two AT LEAST (with tech-trading always turned off), the AI have all used missile weapons and defenses. It does make it pretty easy.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I had tech trading on, and I haven't seen it. o.O
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
How many AIs are you playing against? I've noticed that the each race tends to pick a weapon and defence set, and then research those almost exclusivly. That might explain why they've gone beams both times...
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hi!
In my first and only one 1.3 game (no tech trade, genious AI) most known races at begining used mass-drivers, but two of them had missiles. Haven't seen any with beams. Drengin's primary is still guns (HD spike), but they got pretty high in missiles too (Photon Torpedo).

BR, Iztok
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'm playing my first 1.3 game right now with 9 AIs.
8 of them choose missiles, 1 choose beams.
I'm a little suspicious of this 8-1-0-ratio because I've had the same experiences as you in previous patches. Hopefully, this will be fixed sometime.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Really because I thought It was based on race. Torians prefer beams, Yor prefer mass drivers, Thalan prefer missles. The Ai tends to really on missles alot early game but I never see them even in photon form late game.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
In every game I have ever played, in every version (tech trading on) the AI have all chosen to go the missile path, I presumed that this was because missile's are so much stronger than beam and mass driver, and it did get kind of anouying at predictable, They did however attempt to research whichever defencive technology I was making my offensive tech's, as I was the strongest. Pritty easy gameplay, and it did get anouying.

Fate,
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I've recently been playing with tech trading on, and I've noticed this as well. I want to play some games with it off to see if it makes a difference. Either way, the devs have said there will be no more patches or updates until after Dark Avatar comes out.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

We're not seeing this.  There are some games where everyone picks similar weapons and there are games where they are all different.

Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
In my last game all weapons were in use.
It really varies. I have seen a couple games where it was mostly beam and mass drivers, and some with mainly missles. But there has been a good mix overall.
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yep, same here. In my current 1.31 game on tough the Drath are using the Beam-Mass Driver combination. It really depends on the game.
Reply #12 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
We're not seeing this. There are some games where everyone picks similar weapons and there are games where they are all different.


It might be a good idea to have one or 2 races that try to be different from everyone else, as that is a good strategy and would help the game. (if this isn't already so)

Realize this maybe tricky, since you need to know what you're opponents are up to. (espionage spending early)