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Psilons overrated?

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October 6th, 2023, 08:23
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(October 4th, 2023, 03:25)MyName Wrote: OK. I did some research on early Psilon aggression and came to the conclusion that I think Psilon is underrated. 

Wait... but everyone usually says they're the best race. So you think they're even better than that?  lol
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October 6th, 2023, 10:01 (This post was last modified: October 6th, 2023, 10:23 by MyName.)
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Not all. I feel much more comfortable playing as Alkari
UPD: It feels like Psilon are forced to research shields. Alkari, Mrrshan, Klackon and Meklar does not need shields that much
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October 7th, 2023, 14:00
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I want to illustrate a little why I consider Alkari the most comfortable race: Imagine that you start on an ultra-poor planet with a maximum population of 50 people and without a colony ship
https://youtu.be/pZ1dSesOc_Y
BTW: In the process, I found a couple of funny errors in the new (or old but well hidden) code...
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October 10th, 2023, 16:01
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I just realized that Bulrathi can completely ignore AI https://youtu.be/G9sq6k0xUho
It feels like Psilon is underrated but still too bad
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October 11th, 2023, 10:46
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(October 10th, 2023, 16:01)MyName Wrote: I just realized that Bulrathi can completely ignore AI https://youtu.be/G9sq6k0xUho
It feels like Psilon is underrated but still too bad

Are you using a mod setting that affects early AI expansion? I've never seen them settle up in my face like that.
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October 11th, 2023, 11:46
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(October 11th, 2023, 10:46)luddite Wrote:
(October 10th, 2023, 16:01)MyName Wrote: I just realized that Bulrathi can completely ignore AI https://youtu.be/G9sq6k0xUho
It feels like Psilon is underrated but still too bad

Are you using a mod setting that affects early AI expansion? I've never seen them settle up in my face like that.

I'm just lucky
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October 15th, 2023, 13:40
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Looks like Psilon sometimes can destroy Impossible Klackons with early aggression melting thousands of ships
https://youtu.be/1zTJSARNrCU
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#58
October 15th, 2023, 21:01
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I'm genuinely curious: do you ever play on anything other than Small maps? Tech moves significantly faster on larger map sizes and AI empires will be much larger than the 2-3 planet empires you're guaranteed to be facing with the Small / 5 AIs map setting. This hyper-aggression feels a bit tailored to having tiny maps where the AI can't really expand and the player starts right on top of them.
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October 16th, 2023, 00:02
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True. That being said, if aggressive strategies work best on Tiny galaxies, it's worth noting.
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October 16th, 2023, 00:28 (This post was last modified: October 16th, 2023, 01:23 by MyName.)
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I don't think the AI has any advantage on a huge map. I don't think the AI can't expand on a small map. The rules for choosing houses, on the contrary, are too conducive to this. You can often see one race occupying the entire map. You can lose on a big map only in a very bad situation
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