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[Smokeskin]

I've been looking at the AI play, and I think one way to make it stronger would be to have it play with a tighter strategy in mind, where it focuses on a few unit types and their related researches and upgrades, so it gets many of a few typers of powerfully researched units out instead of great mix with none or only average upgrades.

Overall, all types of research should be increased in "cost" so the AI is less likely to do them.

Then you modify these with a Strategy.

A Strategy has
- a favored research list that it is more likely to do.
- some buildings it builds
- a list of units it greatly prefers to get out

For example, space marines could have
- an Infantry Strategy that favors infantry upgrades and many tac squads
- a Tri-Hero Strategy that favors the Sacred Artefact, commander upgrades, plasma pistol upgrade, and the 3 heroes.
- a Vehicle Strategy that favors Machine Cult, many generators, the power research, and ofc vehicles.

Basically it would mean the AI picks one aspect to focus on, making it very strong instead of spreading it thin by having nearly all types of units and researches for all of them.

It would also let the AI play strongly in t2 and still go t3 earlier.

I unfortunately know only little of how the AI works and how difficult it would be to do something like it, but basically it is the t1 BO functionality extended for additional tiers, coupled with restricting the AI from researching everything in t2 and onwards.

[thudo]

Wait for Beta3 and we'll see how all the tighter research restrictions worked. I'm actually seeing the Sisters winning more games now which was unheard of.