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Why doesn't the AI put a Starbase at a star? Never seen them do it.
The AI also doesn't put starbases in netural gravity wells, too.
The STARbase is meant for a STAR, lol.
This is one area that the ai can be taken advantage of, because like you stated the ai never builds these in non colonized wells.
Especially that WE can put up to 4 in a star well.
If the ai cannot be made to build these where they should, we should not be able to build 4 statrbases in a star well.
Does it make sense to have a starbase at a star? After all its range is quite limited compared to the massive size of the gravity well and so it can be easily avoided. I agree that one starbase can be useful for trade or culture and perhaps repairs... but thats about it.
Well, you can simply put the starbase in the area that ships jump from, and thereby take potshots at anything going towards the planets attached to the sun. Handy if you're hunting down an enemy fleet.
There is a great advantage to putting SBs at a star. The AI rarely attacks, and if you have 14 SC squadrons per SB....range is not a factor.
TEC red button is large enough for blocking phase lane entrances. Plus two trades ports (4.0+ cred per sec, each SB), a frigate factory which can spit out a repair bot, and is also in a central location on the map. Yeah, against the AI there are lots of advantages.
They AI doesn't pick good locations for SBs, doesn't strategically select its SB upgrades, and doesn't use those upgrades properly to make use of SB's in stars or uncolonizables...
I mean, putting RB in the middle of a wormhole would be excellent...but the AI probably won't place it in the center, and even if they did, they'll only use RB when the SB reaches critical damage...putting a factory SB at a star is very useful, except that the AI won't be smart enough to always pick that upgrade...and even if they did, good chance they wouldn't necessarily prioritize that location for building frigates...
Point being, the AI needs to know how to properly use SBs first...otherwise, simply being programmed to place SBs at Stars and uncolonizables isn't going to accomplish much...
Truthfully, the AI has nothing better to do with its unlimited credits. so it waste them in places like this because it can.
But, build a SB near a jump point and a SB or two there can do some pretty major damage before they get away along with fighters taking pot shots at them while they are fleeing.
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