Random rivalry

[Snoipah]

These guys liked me most of the game, and their federation buddies do too, but I see a alert that someone DARES to declare me a rival, and I saw it was them. Why? We have no borders touching, and their opinion was +20 before the rivalry started. Is this a bug or intentional? Picture taken the month of the rivalry.

 

[Gyrvendal]

I guess it's because you were the only eligible rival and they didn't have better options. AI is hardcoded to pick a rival when available. Also +20 is pretty low.

 

[Snoipah]

I guess it's because you were the only eligible rival and they didn't have better options. AI is hardcoded to pick a rival when available. Also +20 is pretty low.

There is literally a massive Ork Waaagh(fanatical purifier) killing the galaxy and two smaller fanatical purifier near them.

 

[Gyrvendal]

Maybe those purifiers are overwhelming to this empire and therefore not eligible for rivalry?

 

[Snoipah]

Maybe those purifiers are overwhelming to this empire and therefore not eligible for rivalry?

Im not going to spam pictures in this thread, but look at the Ork Waaagh, now back to me, now back at the Ork Waaagh, now back to me. Sadly the Waaagh isn't me, or not overwhelming to the ones who declared me their rival, however there is a yellow empire near the south part of the Waaagh that is also a purifier, and the split up little brown blobs are also purifiers.

 

[The_Meme_Man]

Off topic question: I noticed that empire was equivalent in strength to you, and you yourself are pretty sized up,. Has the AI gotten a beef recently?

 

[Snoipah]

Off topic question: I noticed that empire was equivalent in strength to you, and you yourself are pretty sized up,. Has the AI gotten a beef recently?

I'm playing on Grand Admiral difficulty with 1.25 habitable worlds and 2x hyperlane density. Hyperlanes at 2x is ideal, because otherwise empires have a hard time expanding due to how linear traveling becomes but still allows you to have some chokepoints.

Higher habitable worlds means they can expand to more planets and produce more resources which produces more ships which the AI is very good at due to the bonus to resources they get. Anything higher than 1.5 habitable worlds seems to cause lag even on medium sized maps, I sent it to 1.25 due to me planning on playing this game out in full, perhaps to the year 2900.

I'm also playing on the 2.2.3 beta which fixes a lot of things, though there are still some stupid things the AI does, machine empires building farms for example. Grand Admiral in 2.2.3 is easier than Admiral in 2.1, but a way with that empire's federation would be difficult, even with my abundant alloy income.