Death Stars

[showboat1]

Has anyone EVER had a Death Star get created by the AI? I have played this game over and over and over and have never seen one get built.

[Karpman]

ive played on the largest galaxy on the hardest settings with regular rebellion and yes its has happened.

[Jahled]

Has anyone EVER had a Death Star get created by the AI? I have played this game over and over and over and have never seen one get built.

 

Use the Death Star mod available in the downloads section.

 

OR: *Jahled's top tip* use the editor!!! Yay! Start the game with the Death Star at something stupid like 10/10 for about fifty days. The AI, being as brain dead as it is, will take this carrot and build one or two. I've had games as the rebels when i've stumbled across two to my fleet's horror. Ultimately, the trick is not to give the Empire to much of a hard time in the early stages of the game.

 

Due to the very high maintenance cost of a Death Star, the AI will simply give up on constructing one if you give to much of a hard time.

[Darth_Rob]

The few times I played as the Rebs I never had the AI build one.

[Jahled]

The few times I played as the Rebs I never had the AI build one.

 

Due to the shoddy AI programing you unfortunately mustn't try and win immediately if you want to encounter Death Stars. Play turtle as with tips above, and the AI will build Death Stars.

[chrisman]

Has anyone EVER had a Death Star get created by the AI? I have played this game over and over and over and have never seen one get built.

 

Use the Death Star mod available in the downloads section.

 

OR: *Jahled's top tip* use the editor!!! Yay! Start the game with the Death Star at something stupid like 10/10 for about fifty days. The AI, being as brain dead as it is, will take this carrot and build one or two. I've had games as the rebels when i've stumbled across two to my fleet's horror. Ultimately, the trick is not to give the Empire to much of a hard time in the early stages of the game.

 

Due to the very high maintenance cost of a Death Star, the AI will simply give up on constructing one if you give to much of a hard time.

 

I'm assuming that by 10/10 you mean 10 production cost and 10 maintenance cost?

 

If you did mean that, then it didn't work for me. On my current game I have it set at 10/10 and the costs of other Imperial ships jacked waaay up and still haven't seen a DS after day 600 or so (and they're not building one anywhere).

 

Any other ideas of how to get the AI to build one? I have looked for this death star mod in the downloads section and can't find it....can someone post a link to it?

[ElvisMiggell]

I've had them... it's scary when they do it...

[Lord_La_forge]

Jahled, what sou you mean with 10/10?

I'm a patient player, still I never had them built a DS.

(must be, because I rarely played the rebs)

[chrisman]

I've had them... it's scary when they do it...

 

Lol....personally I want to see one. I want to see what happens when I destroy one with a fighter DS run and what happens when I blow one up with a sabotage run. But, the stupid AI would much rather build an escort carrier that can carry a measly 6 fighter squadrons and costs 150 refined materials and 150 maintenance points rather than a DS that carries 24 squadrons and costs 10 & 10.

 

My suspicion is that the AI does not pay any attention whatsoever to production and maintenance costs when making it's fleet building decisions.

[Jahled]

Jahled, what sou you mean with 10/10?

I'm a patient player, still I never had them built a DS.

(must be, because I rarely played the rebs)

 

Wow! It's last year again

 

I haven't played Rebel for years and years, but going back a bit through that lot, if you want to encounter Death Stars do what I suggested for a while, though perhaps 100 to construct and 10 to maintain. Then very gradually up the values to say about half of what they normally cost over a good couple of days, and it shouldn't freak out the AI that much; ie: it will build a 'normal' Imperial fleet as well. The game where I discovered two Death Stars was knife edge stuff, especially given I had no idea the AI had actually built a second one until I encountered it by accident.

 

As with the eternal problem of the game though, attack the AI to hard and furiously, and these Death Stars will vanish as the AI scraps them in a panic concerning maintenance. Such is life.

[ElvisMiggell]

It's the animations of LOSING to a Death Star that you don't want to see!

[chrisman]

Jahled, what sou you mean with 10/10?

I'm a patient player, still I never had them built a DS.

(must be, because I rarely played the rebs)

 

Wow! It's last year again

 

I haven't played Rebel for years and years, but going back a bit through that lot, if you want to encounter Death Stars do what I suggested for a while, though perhaps 100 to construct and 10 to maintain. Then very gradually up the values to say about half of what they normally cost over a good couple of days, and it shouldn't freak out the AI that much; ie: it will build a 'normal' Imperial fleet as well. The game where I discovered two Death Stars was knife edge stuff, especially given I had no idea the AI had actually built a second one until I encountered it by accident.

 

As with the eternal problem of the game though, attack the AI to hard and furiously, and these Death Stars will vanish as the AI scraps them in a panic concerning maintenance. Such is life.

 

Aight I'll try that, and try to be more patient.

 

So, no one can point me to where to get this Death Star mod?

[Defender_16]

I set DS production to 1/1 this one time... and they didnt build any.

[Lord_La_forge]

I set DS production to 1/1 this one time... and they didnt build any.

 

Must try this in the holidays coming

[chrisman]

I set DS production to 1/1 this one time... and they didnt build any.

 

Another thing I will try and then report on is someone else's suggestion to make the DS a research required capital ship (the original poster suggested that the AI likes to build "new" ships)...we'll see how that works out.