[TA] Defense Ships vs Attack Ships

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I was reading up on the Drath Empire in my game (I'm Krynn) and my report stated they have 437 attack ships. My report on myself stated I have 37 defense ships. The drath have 0 defense ships and I have 0 attack ships. What determines if a ship is attack or defense?

 

My only guess is that my defenses on my ships far out rank their attack raiting (13 chaff vs 8 gauss attack) and the computer is the polar opposite. Would only have defense ships keep my military raiting low?

 

One final question, do computers ever use anything but missiles? Every faction is spamming missile boats.

 

Thanks,

 

Jec

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

What determines if a ship is attack or defense?

I can't say for certain, but as you suspect, it appears to be whether the ship's attack is larger or smaller then its defense.

Would only have defense ships keep my military raiting low?

I don't think so, but I can't remember the exact formula. Defense is definitely factored in, though.

One final question, do computers ever use anything but missiles? Every faction is spamming missile boats.

The AI doesn't favor any one type of weapon. In most of my games, there is a predominant weapon type used by a majority of the AIs, but usually there will be at least one race using each type of weapon. Typically, the evil races will use a different type of weapon than the rest, though that might just be a coincidence.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

To add on that:

Offense and defense are taken into account equally in military rating (offense + defense + HP/10). Not 100% sure whether HP is divided by 10 or 20, I believe it's 10.

I always suspect that some AIs trade military techs which would explain why there's often a predominant weapon type.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Ok I wasn't sure if defense factored in at all. Thanks for the help