Hi folks!
We’ve been asked by @Obidobi to put together a mega-thread for feedback on the military/crisis/sector AI. We are looking for actionable points, do not leave a toxic or otherwise unhelpful response, if you do so it will be removed.
The rule for this thread is: no quoting other posts. Leave an original post only. If a Dev or QA responds to you, you may respond to them. Do not respond to other community members. We are looking for your experience only.
Please ensure that your post is about a game that has been played solely on 2.8.1 [checksum 2190]. Including a save is also super helpful for these things.
Please note that 2.8.1 is an optional beta patch. You have to manually opt in to access it. Go to your Steam library, right click on Stellaris -> Properties -> betas tab -> select "stellaris_test" branch.
Tips for watching the AI:
We also ask that you organize your feedback into useful/actionable points, and not make gross statements about the overall AI.
Helpful Feedback Examples:
Unhelpful Feedback Examples:
Please use your post to contribute to us making the Stellaris AI the best it can be. Posts that trash the devs/dev replies will be mercilessly removed.
Thank you for your help Community!
Edit: Footnote for explaining Sector Automation AI:
Please note that the Sector Automation AI and the Planetary Automation AI have different priorities. Planetary Automation is not part of this beta test, if you are testing/reporting on the Sector Automation please do not enable Planetary Automation. Planetary Automation will take priority and override the Sector Automation improvements.
Edit2: Please do not report results from modded playthroughs.
We’ve been asked by @Obidobi to put together a mega-thread for feedback on the military/crisis/sector AI. We are looking for actionable points, do not leave a toxic or otherwise unhelpful response, if you do so it will be removed.
The rule for this thread is: no quoting other posts. Leave an original post only. If a Dev or QA responds to you, you may respond to them. Do not respond to other community members. We are looking for your experience only.
Please ensure that your post is about a game that has been played solely on 2.8.1 [checksum 2190]. Including a save is also super helpful for these things.
Please note that 2.8.1 is an optional beta patch. You have to manually opt in to access it. Go to your Steam library, right click on Stellaris -> Properties -> betas tab -> select "stellaris_test" branch.
Tips for watching the AI:
- Be aware of the empire’s ethics/civics/personality when giving feedback. (Ie. If you have a galaxy full of pacifist empires, there will be less wars)
- Use observer mode (if you tag switch to the AI, their bonuses from difficulty will be removed)
- Use the command “debug_ai” in console (without the quotes)
- The outliner will tell you that fleet’s current objective
- Set up goals for the AI based on the AIs ethics, civics, and personality. Does it live up to these goals?
- AI reactions to other empire actions
- Does the AI have periods of downtime, or freeze?
- If you are testing the crisis factions, please note if they were manually spawned via the console or if they spawned naturally.
- Include the AI difficulty settings and Crisis Strength Multiplier used.
We also ask that you organize your feedback into useful/actionable points, and not make gross statements about the overall AI.
Helpful Feedback Examples:
- Crisis AI fleets get stuck in a loop
- Sector AI does not help balance economy *
- AI does not manage pops efficiently, and what they could be doing better. Be specific please.
Unhelpful Feedback Examples:
- Sector AI is broken
- Mitiary AI is stupid
Please use your post to contribute to us making the Stellaris AI the best it can be. Posts that trash the devs/dev replies will be mercilessly removed.
Thank you for your help Community!
Edit: Footnote for explaining Sector Automation AI:
Please note that the Sector Automation AI and the Planetary Automation AI have different priorities. Planetary Automation is not part of this beta test, if you are testing/reporting on the Sector Automation please do not enable Planetary Automation. Planetary Automation will take priority and override the Sector Automation improvements.
Edit2: Please do not report results from modded playthroughs.
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