0023030: Suggested solutions to the player out-attritioning the AI

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0023030	AI War 2	Balance Issue		Mar 14, 2020 8:30 am	Mar 14, 2020 9:48 am

Reporter	Fluffiest	Assigned To
Severity	major
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	2.009 Plenty Of Tuning

Summary	0023030: Suggested solutions to the player out-attritioning the AI
Description	As Flypaste mentions in 0022683, it's currently a bit too easy for the player to capture planets by attrition. A mobile factory or two parked on a previously-neutered planet can replenish the human fleet fast enough that much larger AI forces can be effectively ground down. There have been suggestions to make mobile factories slower or less metal-efficient in enemy territory, but this introduces a second problem by making fleet replenishment outside of combat slow and tedious. One possibility is to penalize fleet replenishments while there's active combat happening on the planet. This would let you replenish fleets in hostile territory, but only while on neutered worlds or while keeping them away from guard posts. A second possibility is to reduce the range at which mobile factories can replenish fleets, so they have to be on the same planet as the fleet. This would ensure that in order to fight a battle of attrition, you need to put the mobile factories in harm's way. This could also involve AI defenders prioritizing mobile factories.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Mar 14, 2020 8:30 am	Fluffiest	New Issue
Mar 14, 2020 9:48 am	ArnaudB	Note Added: 0056552

ArnaudB Mar 14, 2020 9:48 am manager ~0056552	This is already implemented. Ships and turrets above Mark III have bigger build times when not on allied planets. If you still beat the AI by grinding, it's more that you aren't playing at a high enough difficulty, or shying away from the time-pressure stuff that are optional.