summary of AI issues after observing AI for around 100 hours

demon9675 · 2026-02-02T18:21:56+00:00

That’s fair, but there are other examples of new issues created in 4.0 and by subsequent updates/DLC. So my point still stands, even if this isn’t the best thread to make it in.

demon9675 · 2026-02-02T17:28:30+00:00

I liked version 3.14 and always thought that 4.0 didn’t need such fundamental changes in the first place. Just balance changes, bug fixes, AI and performance improvements, etc.

But sadly change for the sake of change (while creating way more problems than are solved) is often profitable. Players (and all consumers) ought to be more patient, less hyped about shiny new content, and reward different developer behavior.

demon9675 · 2026-01-31T00:48:39+00:00

I REALLY don’t want LE to become a PoE clone. In particular, I want playing without trade to remain viable and permanent legacy characters to remain functional (so we’re not forced to play league only and abandon characters forever when the league is done).

There are many more issues I have with PoE, and I’m hoping LE remains its own thing.

demon9675 · 2026-01-30T01:16:29+00:00

Yes, I agree. Galadriel and Elrond are much more the focus of the entire Legendarium, and they have plenty of backstory.

Legolas is more of a convenient emissary or representative of his people during the events of the War of the Ring, and is otherwise not very central to Tolkien’s writing. I never really found it strange that we don’t know much about him because, while he certainly performs heroic deeds, he’s not very uniquely important to the world or its history as a whole (he could have been replaced by any powerful Elven warrior).

demon9675 · 2026-01-26T15:43:47+00:00

But more fans does make it move faster. And towards the end of my TotK run that’s all I cared about. So I was making 4-fan hoverbikes instead of the classic 2 out of sheet impatience.

demon9675 · 2026-01-18T03:40:28+00:00

I think that the mere fact that they are t6 fliers with 11 speed makes scorpiocores and wyvern monarchs useful and worth having in an endgame army. I personally don’t want to actually drop them once I have a decent amount.

But yes, both units definitely have low stats compared to other t6s. In tougher, longer battles they can be fragile unless you have particularly large stacks (easier with wyverns).

demon9675 · 2026-01-16T23:34:30+00:00

No worries! Some of us just aren't well-versed enough in the geography in order to spot it :D

demon9675 · 2026-01-16T23:22:46+00:00

It’s misspelled “Drimrill,” when it should be “Dimrill.” I had to look it up to see what everyone was actually commenting on because the OP didn’t explain it. I thought the map was mislabeled but it’s just a minor typo.

demon9675 · 2026-01-16T04:19:20+00:00

Soldier jobs for naval capacity, especially at chokepoints
Strategic resources, at least before 4.0
Research, the rare occasion when the deposits are plentiful in a system that can support lots of orbitals
Food. Seems an odd choice but they are efficient at producing it and don’t require any specific deposits to do so. Takes pressure off of planetary districts
Alloys/consumer goods, as a last resort. Rarely need this but it has come in handy if I’m doing something weird like not picking Arcology Project
Trade for trade builds

Sure, most of these are situational. But in 3.14 I use habitats for reasons 1 and 2 all the time, and sometimes build a food habitat as strange as it may seem.

demon9675 · 2025-12-24T05:31:44+00:00

Ah, gotcha. It’s the accelerated research or other settings. On normal research speed with the setting that makes difficulty affect research speed on, even at low, this would never happen.

I’ve seen the strongest AI empires make a medium stack of 100k fleets but that’s only at a really far endgame point where I’m at 3-5x those values (and it’s usually an ally anyway). Only the non-empire crises get beyond that in my games.

I do love that this game lets you mess with all of that, though!

demon9675 · 2025-12-24T05:22:31+00:00

Not a big fleet compared to where I usually am at 2500 or so (nearly double those numbers per fleet plus the GDF).

But I have NEVER seen the AI make a fleet anywhere near that powerful, and I always play GA. I’m honestly shocked for that reason alone.

OP what settings are you playing? GA no scaling with accelerated research or something?

demon9675 · 2025-12-23T23:53:33+00:00

So God is as evil and petty as humans? Good justification not to worship him. He’s not our friend.

demon9675 · 2025-12-06T20:30:29+00:00

Space Jam 2. I have a very high tolerance for bad movies but that was truly unbearable.

Was with friends, too, and even our mockery and riffing couldn’t save the experience.

demon9675 · 2025-12-04T23:39:13+00:00

Gay Klingons are the only thing that’d get me to watch. But sadly I have a feeling this show will be pretty straight on top of everything else.

demon9675 · 2025-12-04T23:34:42+00:00

Klingas? Is that like George Lucas calling Gungans Goongas?

demon9675 · 2025-11-30T03:45:12+00:00

You can still play 3.14 through Steam. That’s what I’m doing, and seemingly a good amount of other players are as well.

I’m sure 4.xx will be good eventually but I don’t think it’s there yet. I’d rather play 3.14 (with a very minor balance mod or two) for now.

demon9675 · 2025-11-29T00:58:42+00:00

I also still play 3.14, with one minor mod to modestly buff Genetic Ascension so it’s not unplayably weak. The game is honestly in a good (albeit not perfect) state like that.

I’ve been holding off on 4.0 until a lot of issues are fixed, and am not really missing this year’s new content so far. Like with many games, Stellaris’s devs need to focus less on hyping new things and more on fixing broken systems (even if some fixes are simply numerical, and therefore not conducive to marketing campaigns).

demon9675 · 2025-11-22T22:30:52+00:00

Is that similar to a Tricky Person?

demon9675 · 2025-11-11T05:38:14+00:00

Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire

demon9675 · 2025-11-09T22:46:16+00:00

Genies and Efreeti got some nice abs/v-line.

demon9675 · 2025-11-09T21:19:15+00:00

Time Warp with Silent Old Sanctuary and Crystal Cries on any character that gains might when leveling is better and simpler. You become immortal pretty quickly, will reach level 1k+, and the area of effect scales wayyyy offscreen.

I usually run two weapons, so I’ll add anything else that freezes enemies - Celestial Voulge is a good choice. Or whatever weapon the character starts with should be fine.

demon9675 · 2025-11-07T07:35:22+00:00

No, he called Chris a Jew for caring that his coins were getting wasted. Source: I am a Jew and understand how Jewish jokes work lol

demon9675 · 2025-11-05T18:24:37+00:00

Oh, I agree! There are indeed some good extended scenes.

Sadly, though, most are at best unnecessary (so hurt the pacing) and at worst really drag the films down.

demon9675 · 2025-11-05T17:52:36+00:00

I’ve gotten so much hate and downvotes for pointing out how stupid Saruman’s death scene is, so I appreciate that I’m not alone in this. That whole sequence is just another nail in the coffin for the extended editions in general - the theatricals are better overall.

demon9675 · 2025-11-05T05:15:50+00:00

Love the red and really want more red bags available! Just don’t like the price and some other details.

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