General "tough" difficulty VS randomised AI opponents.

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Can anyone give me an idea of how this works. I have done numerous searches on AI but nothing Ive found seems to address this question.

I am playing on a gigantic map with rare habitable planets, 9 opponents with the general difficulty of the game set to "tough" but I have the option to randomise enemy AI.

Does this mean that the game will randomise the opponent AI up to tough level? Or could I get extremely difficult oponents with this setting.

How will this effect my game, will it in effect make it a difficulty other than tough?

Basically how does the general difficulty option relate to the individual enemy AI?
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hi!
Does this mean that the game will randomise the opponent AI up to tough level?

AFAIK it's "though" +/- a level of two. BTW don't do that on crippling. Some AIs may get up to "incredible", and that's the setting for maso games with 100% AI bonus to econ, production and research vs. 25% bonuses at "crippling". Maso AIs will be so dominant other AIs will never stand a chance.

BR, Iztok

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Hi!
Does this mean that the game will randomise the opponent AI up to tough level?

AFAIK it's "though" +/- a level of two. BTW don't do that on crippling. Some AIs may get up to "incredible", and that's the setting for maso games with 100% AI bonus to econ, production and research vs. 25% bonuses at "crippling". Maso AIs will be so dominant other AIs will never stand a chance.

BR, Iztok




I thought it was +10% for crippling, +25% for Maso, +50% for obscene and +100% for suicidal. That's what it says in the manual anyway.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hi!
I thought it was +10% for crippling, +25% for Maso, +50% for obscene and +100% for suicidal. That's what it says in the manual anyway.

I'm affraid manual is very outdated. You can check their bonuses with a spy and a little summing. The best would be a just established colony without other buildings. Just check with the spy what's its maximum output. In my first suicidal game Humans had 39 TP from that initial colony withour any starbase and resource bonuses. That's 29 TP more of what Initial colony gives...

BR, Iztok