All races researching guns in build 1.6a

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Not necessarily a bug, I suppose, but it seems strange that all nine races, and each of the minors I encountered, were all using only mass driver technology. What are the odds of that happening?

They were also all researching armor, but that makes sense giving the insane number of guns in the game.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hi!
I noticed that quite often a lot of races in my games used the same type of weapon. It was not so extreme specialization as you've seen, but 7 of 9 races using the same weapon was not uncommon. However I've also seen them switch wapon type - after building quite some low-tech ships of one type, they started producing warships with another one.

Just wait and see what happens in your game. And enjoy the advantage of wrong defenses for your weapons while it lasts.

BR, Iztok
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If they are trading techs extensively between themselves you might notice that they use the same weapon type.

If you can get to a higher level with a different type of weapon it would be to your advantage, since they would most probably defend mainly against mass drivers.

And then, if you gave your favorite races the techs for your weapon type, it might shift things around a bit - especially if they started research along your own preferred tech line.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Just wait and see what happens in your game. And enjoy the advantage of wrong defenses for your weapons while it lasts


Sorry, I should have mentioned that the game I am referring to is almost over. I would have already won if the Jagged Edge hadn't showed up when I only had ~15 planets left to conquer

If you can get to a higher level with a different type of weapon it would be to your advantage, since they would most probably defend mainly against mass drivers.


Indeed. At no point did any of the opponent AIs build any defenses vs. my missile tech. I would have thought they'd switch to PDs at some point; they've certainly adapted in other games.

I know that at least the Yor and Altarians did do some research into other weapon techs; I know because I took them when I conquered their planets. Fairly high levels, too -- pretty sure I took the Doom Ray from the Yor. So, both races were researching but not using.

Also, the difficulty is, hmmm, Crippling, I think, so the AIs should be smart enough to think about this. It's possible, I suppose, that the AIs might be playing at lower difficulty levels. I'm not at my home pc right now, so cannot check this.