OShee the "Events" list is also good for showing the technological progression because it will give you a chronological list and the time needed to research, and sometimes it's even possible (by the length of research) to deduce if a tech has been techtraded (although it might also be Creativity )

Second game, all abundant, very fast research speed. I picked Drath and researched only +diplomacy to not get attacked. Yor had different idea - when they tried to conquer my lone HW with first transport, I knew it was a good time to stop. 93 turns in.

Torian - 24 colonies. They have Republic, still crazy about x-col. Also they picked Interstellar Governments quite early and never got Universities. Other then that, they are pretty good. And I mean Good - they picked it as their Ethics. Also, Medium hulls and Xeno Factory.

Yor - 10 colonies. Also have their "Republic". Research xtreme colonization but never picked any tech from there, not even their Adv. Barren, but there is only 1 Barren world on the whole map, taken by Torian. Other then lack of Ion Drive and Defense techs, they are great.

Arcean - 8 colonies. Xeno Factory, Democracy, Medium hulls, done only Heavy Gravity. No economy, labs or morale techs. 12 techs in between Republic and Democracy. They also finished Medium hulls quite early - before 30th turn. 

Drengin - 10 colonies. Republic, Medium hulls, haven't researched economy tree or Xeno Intimidation, otherwise very good mix of labs/factories/morale. Never picked up extreme colonization tech though.

Korx - 12 colonies. No government tech (I just had a look, it is not set as Pure Research). Finished Aquatic and Toxic, otherwise left x-col alone - also, there were gaps in between techs, not counting Adv. versions one after another, which is still good considering those are cheaper techs. Factory and Research Center, but no morale or economy techs.

Altarian - 7 colonies. Factory, Research Center (very late, around 80th turn, but still), economy, got Way of Dread Lords, Republic, picked Good with Ethics. Only Basic Heavy and Toxic so far, with half a dozen techs in between them. Looks a lot better but could concentrate a bit more on finishing Adv. versions. Picked Interstellar Governments quite early (6th tech).

Iconian - Democracy (8 other techs between it and Republic), first level of economy techs (working on second), Medium hulls, finished all x-col techs (wow), stopped at missile theory. Now I start to recognize the pattern - most of the time when AI failed to research any other weapon tech, they started of missile. Edit: I just checked my spreadsheets and previous posts of mine and Silas - it's not missiles, mass drives fail sometime as well. Missiles are just picked a bit more often then other weapons it seems. Forget about it.

Mixed results, I'll run another game. I'm increasing Xeno Entertainment to 35 from 30 as I almost never see it done. Changing Korx governments to Pure Research, increasing Research Center to 25 from 20 and Xeno Economics to 25 from 20. For Iconians, I'm setting Adv Toxic and Aquatic to 60, other basic x-col to 15. 

Next game, turn 103

Arcean - Xeno Entertainment (first time I see it in 3-4 games), 2nd economy, xeno factory, research academies, medium hulls, aquatic II, barren II, radioactive II, democracy, only laser II. There is a big gap between Republic and Democracy, which is good. They still grabbed x-col more or less in one go.

Altarian - Xeno Factory, Research Centers, Democracy, almost all x-col but Barren II, stopped at beam theory. This guys don't give it a rest now, do they? 9 techs in between Republic and Democracy, and Republic started around 70th turn, after they finished with x-col, which is great (not x-col, no ).

Iconians - Democracy, finished economy techs, got Research Centers, Medium hulls, all but x-col but Barren world. They picked Adv versions of Toxic and Aquatic too early, so I'm thinking about reverting it back to 55, but I want to test one more game with this setting. 5 tech gap between government techs, but x-col is still quite a grindfest. But, they get basic toxic and aquatic for free, so they don't spend on x-col as much as others.

 Torian - again picked Good in ethics, got governments but no Republic, only Aquatic I, Barren II and Heavy Gravity II, so not bad. Again left Universities alone. Got basic economy tech. There were nice gaps in between x-col techs.

Drengin - Data may be corrupted as they went to war with Iconians and stolen all Kinetic Beam techs, as I forgot to switch stealing off.

Yor - Democracy, Barren II (no Extreme Colonization, AIP7 fails to research it most of the time), really good mix of all techs, but no Medium hulls. 11 techs between Interstellar and Republic (mostly weapons), 4 techs after - Democracy. AIP7 seems to handle new values quite well.

Korx - Democracy, Manufacturing Centers, Research Centers (shame not Academies but still better then plain Xeno Research), Xeno Entertainment (YES!), Xeno Economics, Barren World II, got Intestellar Governments as their 10th tech, Republic as 12th, and Democracy as 16th, which is a bit soon, but results from other civs are encouraging. Researched x-col quite late, 2 techs later done Barren world and Adv in one go, then another 5 different techs. 

AIP11 AI value 25 from 35 Democracy seems to be working nicely, they don't get it too soon (except Korx), and research it reliably. Value 35 works god for AIP7, I'm going to test AIP8 more tomorrow.

AIs are better at picking Research Centers with AI Value 25 from 20, but not always continue further down. Still better then Xeno labs.

AI Value 35 from 30 works nicely for Xeno Entertainment, both AIs finally picked it up in a long streak of games.

Xeno Economics is also more reliably picked by the AIs, Korx, Torian, Arcean, Drengin, Altarian - everyone got it this time.

As to x-col techs - AIP7 goes for them, if they pick Xtreme Colonization (half the time), and they don't go batshit crazy with it (same with AIP8 it seems). AIP11 with changed values to 20 still are a problem. Iconians with 15 still picked most of x-col in one go. I'll set it to 12 for all AIP11 and see what happens.

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well they have +100 more repair than any other race, and, by that, always have more than, at least factor 2.5 or up to factor 3.5.

but the repair ability doesn't seem to work linearily   . At 100 repair +11/+12 is the max, at +200 +15/+16 is max, and at +240 +16/+17 is the max. so giving them another +100 will increase their repair by ~45% only. shrug

Xeno Entertainment was set to 35 in TechTree a while ago. Doesn't mean they'll always grab it though.

AIP7 and AIP8 aren't that keen on AIValues unless they're very high. Both these AIs like culture tech when it's categorized as Government (and Ethics) and will research their governments without much assistance. It's AIP11 that needs to be fooled.

I've also made up my mind about the Iconians. Making them repair centric is to risky in the current state of the game and as was pointed out they already get a very high repair rating so I'm leaving it as is.

Changes in 3 games:

AIP11 x-col: AI Value set to 9 for first level techs.

Research Center set to 26 fro 20, Academy to 20 from 15.

Game 1:

Torian only done Aquatic II and Heavy II. Korx picked Barren II, Heavy II, Aquatic I, but not all in one go. Arceans picked a lot but with nice gaps between each tech. Iconians skipped Adaptation tech unfortunately. Altarians picked Aquatic I, Heavy II, Toxic I. Yor failed to research Xtreme Colonization, Drengin done Toxic I and Heavy I.

Game 2:

Altarian Heavy II, Research Academies, Manufacturing Centers, Democracy

Iconian all x-col techs, Invention Matrix, Replicators II, Democracy. Still grinded x-col but great techs overall.

Torian - Democracy, Barren II, Heavy II, Toxic I. I set their University to value 26, they grabbed it, but never gone past them. Picked Republic and Democracy late and in one go.

Korx - Toxic I, Academies, Xeno Factory, Republic.

Arcean - they work on Barren I. Democracy, Research Centers, Manufacturing Centers. Good mix of all techs but x-col is late.

Drengin - Heavy II, Toxic I, no government. Good mix of all techs, but no economic exploitation.

Yor - Barren II, Heavy II, Radioactive I, Republic. Good mix of other techs.

Game 3

Arcean - Republic, Research Center, Manufacturing Center, Barren II, Radioactive II, Heavy II, Toxic I. Still went crazy with x-col, low labs.

Torian - failed to get University, never researched any x-col, got Democracy. They spent most TP on weapons

Altarian - failed to get Research Center, work currently on Democracy, got Heavy II

Korx - grinded all x-col except for Toxic, Research Centers, Democracy before RC.

Yor - Invention Cities, Republic, all x-col but Toxic II, Collectives IV + Vortex, Efficiency IV. Even as they grabbed almost all x-col, they were moderate with them, all in all changing Extreme Colonization tech to category Biology with value 10 seems to work fine for both them and Drengi. Only once Yor failed to research it.

Drengin - Aquatic I, Barren II, Radioactive I. No government tech again. Pretty low level of labs and industrial, but overall it's all good.

Iconian - Research Academy, Democracy, Replication II, all x-col but Heavy, good mix of all other techs.

Extreme Colonization tech for AIP7 can be safely set to category Biology, AI Value 10 - AIs failed to research it only on one or two occasions, they don't go all in into x-col techs. Note, I mean Extreme Colonization itself, not basic x-col like Toxic, Barren etc.

I suggest leaving Research Center set to 26 and Academy to 20 in both Yor and Iconian tech trees, Iconian Republic tech set to category Pure Research, and Iconian first levels of x-col tech set to value 10 or 12. They both do phenomenal work with this setting and are strongest civs around for couple of games in a row. Also, Iconian Universal Translator to -10 and Xeno Communications to 30, just to be sure. 

Playing with AI value for first x-col techs for other AIP11 gives mixed results. Altarians failed to pick it up set on 10, and Torians failed when set on 9 in 3rd game, Arceans picked first tech very late into the game, and still there is a big chance of someone grinding the tree. Back when it was set on 15, everyone still research it, but grinding was almost same as on value 26. Still, I think reducing it to 15 for AIP11 (except for Iconians) should tame them at least a little bit.

Xeno Entertainment needs to be set to 35 - it is relatively cheap tech for it's bonuses (15 morale + better improvement), and without it AIs fail to research it on numerous occasions.

Xeno Economics can be set to 25, as AIs pick it up more often. Without it they sometimes leave this branch for far too long or don't pick it up at all.

Only Arcean and Iconian picks Medium hulls quite reliably - once every 1-3 games. Torian and Drengin picked it once. No one else bothered to research hulls. It may be because it's a Medium map with loads of AIs, so I will start testing it on Large maps with less opponents. Also, I'll try testing how AIP8 reacts to changes in Xeno Entertainment and Economics.

AIP11 skipped Hyper Mainframes half the time - it can be because governments are set as Research.

Almost no one researched any defenses.

Edit:

I like all the changes. Except hulls.

Is this for everyone or just AIP11? Did AIP11 also got reverted back to their previous category?

Everyone. AIValue 35 is an instant grab for AIP11 so 30 works better. AIValue 20 for StarRep is enough.

Latest test game,  patch 5.3.1,  Large/Scattered/Painful/10 players.

Played about 100 turns just to check on early research. 

The Drath ended up sitting this one out,  and wow.  What a difference it made!  There were no wars -- zero -- until I got bored and paid the Thalan to attack the Krynn.   But that was late enough in that pretty much the entire galaxy was in peacetime development the entire game.

Iconians - 14 colonies, 1500 bc income.  Solid econ research,  Small hulls, Particle Beams III.   Lacking PI,  but at their current research it was only a 10 turn grab,  not bad.

Terrans - 11 colonies, 1300 bc income.  Heavy econ research as usual.  Had X-Col but hadn't grabbed any specific techs yet.    Had Beam Weapon Theory (only),  Small hulls, PI,  and were researching Shield Defense Theory.  Perhaps they had just started in on weapons/defenses.

Altarians - 12 colonies, 850 bc income.   Solid econ research,  Small hulls, Laser I, PI.   Were working on Aquatic X-Col.   I've noticed that the Altarians seem to grab Xeno Ethics early,  and they did once again this game.

Krynn - 7 colonies, 800 bc income.    Absolutely rotten starting position but managed to sneak a couple colonies into Altarian and Iconian space.   Still grabbed a ton of econ techs (including Xeno Med) and a good chunk of Krynn path.  Small Hulls, but had not even researched Space Militarization.   I'm guessing this is reasonable-ish behavior for an AI that started poorly in a peaceful galaxy.

Drengin - 10 colonies, 800 bc income.   Bizarre research : grabbed Enhanced Ambassadors, but at turn 100 had not yet researched Xeno Slavery.   Did we break something?!   Had Tiny hulls, Particle Beams I, Unconventional Warfare, no PI.

Thalan - 13 colonies, 1442 bc income.  A+ tech mix.  Plasma II (ouch!!), PI, Small hulls, Logistics I, ECM I.   Had X-Col but hadn't bothered with any specific techs.    Scary,  as usual.

Yor - 10 colonies, 1100 bc income.  Fantastic tech mix;  lots of econ, pop growth, Small hulls, no X-Col whatsoever, Harpoon II, PI, Mil. Starbase Construction.   They were already up to Manufacturing III, Mfr Vortex, Collective Academy, Advanced Charging Stalks, Efficiency III.  

Korath - 6 colonies, 450 bc income.   Started in a corner hemmed in by the Thalan and Yor,  what you gonna do?     In any case, had the earch econ techs (Slave Pits, Diabolical Research, Mainframes, Cutthroat Trading), Harpoon I, Mil. Starbases.   Pretty good all things considered.

Korx - 7 colonies, 1008 bc income (hooray for trade!).  Rotten starting position in the SE corner,  managed to grab a couple planets in Terran space but that was it.  Had Super-Trade Starbases, Mercenaries, all the beginning Xeno econ techs, X-Col.   Oddly,  had only Space Weapons but had run up to Deflectors I and Missile Defense Theory.   Had Small hulls.

Drengin aside,  the AI is playing a better econ game in 5.3.1 than in any previous patch.

And happy holidays, everyone! :>

Hey guys, I'm glad to see that you're getting stuck in with some playthroughs.

Happy holidays to you, and hey, maybe I'll clock up some hours over Christmas and New Year.

Game 3, AIP8 and AIP7. Occasional Extreme

Yor: 7 worlds, 750 income, Republic, Collective III+DEM, Collective Academy, stalks 2, Advanced hulls, never did x-col, Planetary Invasion, Weapon tier 2 lvl 3, efficiency 3.

Korath: 5 worlds, 400 income, working on Republic, tiny hulls, Slave Canyons, Imaginative Research, no morale or economy, no x-col, Weapon tier 3 lvl 2, Spore, no PI.

Krynn: 12 worlds, 1400 income, Republic, The Way, Krynniac Disciples, Radioactive II, Manufacturing Center, Research Academy, economy 1, PI, Weapon tier 3 lvl 2

Torian: 28 worlds (19 extreme ), 1450 income, Republic, all x-col techs but Heavy II and Toxic II (yet), Industrial Theory, University, economy 2, PI, Weapon tier 2 lvl 2, Armor tier 1 lvl 2, --- late University, weak factories, x-col done without much craziness at the start, only late they dived deep - http://i.imgur.com/8GlbiM4.jpg and started Toxic II

Thalan: 9 worlds, 800 income, Republic, Gravitronics, Industrial II (working on III), Research III, unlocked xtreme but no techs, economy 1, PI, Weapon tier 2 lvl 1, 

Terran: 17 worlds (7 extreme), 1500 income, Democracy, Manufacturing Centers, Research Academies, economy 3, no morale (), Aquatic II, Barren I, PI, Weapon tier 3 lvl 1.

AIP8 is much more reasonable when it comes to colonization techs. AIP7 don't researches it but wouldn't make use of it anyway as most of the extreme worlds are taken/outside of their influence. Only problems are with Torian not researching their University early, not picking up CoL and not reliable Xeno Factory research. Possibly Efficiency Studies need a slight increase in tp cost, and Research Matrix nerf from 12tp to 10tp.

Now time to play a serious game on Large galaxy

Hey guys, I'm glad to see that you're getting stuck in with some playthroughs. 

Edit: Technologist description still mentions +2 sensor.

In the screen where you choose your opponents, there is a small box where you can change your relations with another civ. Just click on Iconians and set it back to unknown

Large, fast research. 103th turn. Only glaring bugs:

Korath failed to get Universal Translator.

Torian failed to get Industrial Theory.

Terran went x-col happy but their overall research is great. They have scary number of colonies - 42  (20 average per civ).

Krynn, Arcean and Korx research all techs quite well.