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Post by neveryours on Jun 26, 2014 9:10:48 GMT -5
Just wondering, if I select two enemies, do they come into conflict with each other? Or does the AI have cooperative play where they gang up against the human player.
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Post by fallen on Jun 26, 2014 10:11:39 GMT -5
neveryours - at this time, they do not engage in direct war, but they conflict over resources, unexplored anomalies and the like.
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Post by neveryours on Jun 28, 2014 11:47:58 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply. I was wondering if I could handle a menage a trois with three heavily armed fleets trading fire.
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 28, 2014 20:22:04 GMT -5
3 AI is the biggest challenge possible at this time. In my testing, I've seen that two of them usually develop aggressive AI and the other adopts the defensive AI. This is usually due to AI vs. AI competition for resources and territory, or one of the AI has early violent contact with the player.
They do not share information (scans) but they also ignore each other's ships.
A future release may include the Narvidian, whom detest all life and will seek to destroy both Xeno and Humans alike.
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Post by Brutus Aurelius on Jun 28, 2014 20:29:59 GMT -5
Cory Trese Aside from the fact that you say so, why do the Narvs detest us so? And if they want us all dead, why did they let the Guild integrate them into the FTL comm network you mentioned a while back?
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 28, 2014 21:03:23 GMT -5
Cory Trese Aside from the fact that you say so, why do the Narvs detest us so? And if they want us all dead, why did they let the Guild integrate them into the FTL comm network you mentioned a while back? The Narvidians hate the Zendu, and any who align with the Zendu. Are all humans Zendu? Maybe, depends on who you believe. The Narv are the ancient weapons of the Xarth, and the Xeno the weapons of the Alfaan. They have been trying to destroy each other for a million years. The Star Traders, and the Templar in particular, are Zendu. The Guild was infiltrated and turned against humanity by a small number of powerful Narvs. In turn, they used the Guild's vast industry to rebuild the Narvidian race and unleash war upon the galaxy once again. The Guild Wars pitted Guild against Guild, Narvidian against Human and Star Trader against all. Only the Zendu leadership of the Templars allowed the Star Traders to escape. As you have seen in "Narvidian Dawn" the Templar Assault campaign, the Narvs have found ways to genetically modify many types of Xeno. There are modification resistant Xeno but also, humanity seems immune to direct modification by the Narvidians (although they are highly compatible with Zendu bioforming planets.) What does it all mean. Depends on who you believe =) |
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Post by Brutus Aurelius on Jun 28, 2014 21:07:32 GMT -5
Are bioforming planets similar to terraformed planets? Or are they planet sized biological beings?
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 28, 2014 21:12:09 GMT -5
Are bioforming planets similar to terraformed planets? Or are they planet sized biological beings? Bioforming planets are worlds discovered by humans that exist in the galaxy that modify the organisms that live on them. The world on which the Templar were left to die was one such world ... |
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Post by Brutus Aurelius on Jun 28, 2014 21:14:10 GMT -5
Oh wow! That is strange, but also very interesting.
Also:
The fact that Xeno are weapons makes the variety of them make more sense. The Terrox, for example, are numerous. Perfect for the core of a fighting force. I forget the name, but the Xeno hated by Javat are freaks about armor and defense. Perfect for protecting the borders of an empire. Red Zorga are rare, fast and vicious. Perfect for special forces. One Xeno type loves Radiation weapons. Specialist soldiers.
It's all starting to make sense now.
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 28, 2014 21:19:53 GMT -5
One theory is that these bioforming worlds were once part of the Alfaan war machine, designed to modify and perfect Xenos for different roles.
Why they seem so well suited to modify humans ... a mystery. For most humans, bioforming modifications take generations to set in.
This is where early Zendu orders came from, Star Trader colonists who settled, unknowingly, on a bioforming world.
Why or how Shalun was so deeply and immediately effected by the bioforming world is not known, but the Templar Orders recognized it immediately when he arrived at the ice shelf south of Commonhand.
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Post by Brutus Aurelius on Jun 28, 2014 21:36:39 GMT -5
Perhaps something deep within humans responds to the bioforming world, and Shalun had a stronger connection than most.
WAIT THEORY
What if the bioforming was slow fpr other humans because in the times of high technology, who had time for the living worlds they settled on? Everybody was focused on trade, money, wars and the like. But Shalun was the son of miners, correct? He would have spent time closer to planets/ecosystems than most, and bam, he resonated with the bioforming world.
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Post by ntsheep on Jun 28, 2014 22:08:42 GMT -5
Or maybe they were just cruising thru the galaxy and they stop here for a bite to eat.
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Post by fallen on Jun 28, 2014 22:13:34 GMT -5
Perhaps something deep within humans responds to the bioforming world, and Shalun had a stronger connection than most. WAIT THEORY There are many, many theories about why Shalun ... |
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