What are the AI BA/BD/Missile Evasion bonuses for various difficulty settings? I checked in Impossible, and they seemed to vary - some races seemed to have almost no bonuses - others seemed to have extra defensive bonuses of 40 or 50 points (beyond racial modifiers).
Is it random for each game - some races receive bonuses, others don't?
Also, a side question - do most people play with ship initiative on or off?
AI combat bonuses by difficulty level
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No, by bonus I meant bonus after racial modifiers. I created a test game in impossible and used cheats to get fuel cell tech and then attacked all the frigates and star bases. 1 race had only a 10 point SA bonus beyond what they would have on normal, others had modereate bonuses, and others had 40-50 point defensive bonuses.
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Erm could you post the data for what they have in each?No, by bonus I meant bonus after racial modifiers. I created a test game in impossible and used cheats to get fuel cell tech and then attacked all the frigates and star bases. 1 race had only a 10 point SA bonus beyond what they would have on normal, others had modereate bonuses, and others had 40-50 point defensive bonuses.
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It seems I never responded to this Though I still experience some races having extra bonuses in Impossible.
I played on Average difficulty a couple times. Below are stats I saw. (FF=Frigate, SB=Star Base, ME=Missile Evasion)
In the times I played Average, I encountered the Bulrathi, Mrrshan, Trilarian, and Klackon twice. Each race had the same stats each time.
I played a few times on Impossible, and below are the stats I saw for that.
The following races had varying stats on Impossible: Klackon, Alkari, Darlok, Meklar. The Alkari actually had three different sets of Impossible stats, different each game.
To summarize, I saw BA bonuses on Impossible of +10 or +20 extra (beyond racial modifiers), BD bonuses of +20, +25, and +45 (but only on ships, not star bases), and Missile Evasion bonuses of +25%. I would estimate that a race had some bonus on Impossible about one-fifth to one-third of the time.
Other things:
I played on Average difficulty a couple times. Below are stats I saw. (FF=Frigate, SB=Star Base, ME=Missile Evasion)
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Race Ship BA BD ME
Sakkra FF 25 50 0
Sakkra SB 40 -5 7
Bulrathi FF 45 50 0
Bulrathi SB 60 -5 7
Mrrshan FF 90 65 7
Mrrshan SB 90 -5 7
Psilon FF 25 50 0
Psilon SB 40 -5 7
Trilarian FF 25 70 0
Trilarian SB 40 -5 7
Silicoid FF 25 50 0
Silicoid SB 40 -5 7
Klackon FF 25 50 0
Klackon SB 40 -5 7
Elerian FF 45 75 25
Elerian SB 60 -5 7
Alkari FF 25 100 50
Alkari SB 40 -5 7
Gnolam FF 25 50 0
Gnolam SB 40 -5 7
Darlok FF 25 50 0
Darlok SB 40 -5 7
Meklar FF 25 50 0
Meklar SB 40 -5 7
I played a few times on Impossible, and below are the stats I saw for that.
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Race Ship BA BD ME
Sakkra FF 25 50 0
Sakkra SB 40 -5 7
Bulrathi FF 45 75 25
Bulrathi SB 60 -5 7
Mrrshan FF 90 90 32
Mrrshan SB 90 -5 7
Psilon FF 25 50 0
Psilon SB 40 -5 7
Trilarian FF 25 70 0
Trilarian SB 40 -5 7
Silicoid FF 25 50 0
Silicoid SB 40 -5 7
Klackon FF 25/45 50/75 0/25
Klackon SB 40/60 -5/-5 7/7
Elerian FF 45 75 25
Elerian SB 60 -5 7
Alkari FF 25/35/45 100/120/120 50/50/50
Alkari SB 40/40/60 -5/-5/-5 7/7/7
Gnolam FF 25 50 0
Gnolam SB 40 -5 7
Darlok FF 25/45 75/95 25/25
Darlok SB 40/60 -5/-5 7/7
Meklar FF 25/45 50/75 0/25
Meklar SB 40/60 -5/-5 7/7
To summarize, I saw BA bonuses on Impossible of +10 or +20 extra (beyond racial modifiers), BD bonuses of +20, +25, and +45 (but only on ships, not star bases), and Missile Evasion bonuses of +25%. I would estimate that a race had some bonus on Impossible about one-fifth to one-third of the time.
Other things:
- Something I noticed about the Mrrshan while doing this - they seem to get cheated of the crew experience BA bonus that Warlord's +1 crew experience should give them. On Average they get the +15 BD and 7% ME bonuses, but their BA is +90, which has their +50 SA bonus but not the +15 BA crew experience bonus . They don't get the crew experience BA bonus on Impossible either.
- Three times on Impossible (each game I tried), the Mrrshan had better BD and ME on their frigates than at Average.
- The Trilarians seem to get a +20 SD bonus from Trans-Dimensional which I didn't know about.
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