Reedy

Maybe there is a case for the economy base to expand your territory... I'd love to face a game AI where there is a strong possibility of defeat. I'm not saying I'm the world greatest strategist but it would seem from my small amount of experience that a strategy of building miliary starbases further and further into enemy territory would not be countered by the AI. What am I not seeing that causes people to rate the AI highly?

I've purchased this game based on the reports that the AI was quite good and have updated it to 1.4x I'm playing on Intelligent and while I've only played 4-5 games I am a little disappointed in some of the AI decisions... AI seems to build starbases in locations that don't benefit it, eg ecomomy in far flung corners of the galaxy away from their planets - no trade routes. Military starbases appear to give my ships a massive advantage once you apply a few bonuses(which is fine