Is it just me, or does Evil always defeat Good without player intervention?

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I've found that in the games I've played so far, the Evil empires are pretty much guaranteed to win even though they may start out slow if I choose not to (or can not) intervene. I'm finding that the main reasons are because they're willing to ruthlessly extract tribute from races, and they have excellent combat bonuses. Also if the AI also make decisions when events take place, chances are they'll have very high bonuses in several attributes.

Is this just me or has anybody else noticed a similar trend? If so, has anybody found the probable causes?

Note: All AI levels are set to be equal.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
On the lower AI levels evil do often tend to win, but at the higher levels I normally find that the good guys tend to win.

Paul.

~SDC~
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Yesterday in my game (alls AI's on beginner level) the Torians completely tore up the Yor and Drengins. I was lucky enough to maintain peace and later an alliance with them so that I could end the game with an alliance victory, but I'm pretty sure the Torians didn't need my help.

At one point I even tried to save the Yor by sending them ships, but the Torians were just too strong.

The game I'm playing now (normal difficulty) the Altarians are king of the universe. I'm at war with them and I'm getting ships from the Yor, Drengins and Alexians but to no avail I'm afraid. I've been thinking the whole day at work how to save this game, but I'm afraid I'm doomed.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
my first game, so far the only game i have been able to play....Game was set to beginner, medium galaxy...

The Arceans (who were neutral) won the game....I started out on good terms with them, I was neutral for the entire game, but i did get down to 31 as my morale rating. We made it up to "friendly" relations. They also helped me (by giving me ships and money) when I was attacked by the Altarians and the Torians (they were in an alliance for most of the game).

Relations began to fall apart though when the Draginol showed up and startd causing general trouble across the Galaxy. The Drengin kept asking me for help fighting the Draginol, so I kept giving them ships and money. The Arceans I guess, well, they didn't like that, so things started to go downhill between us.

The Torians were the first to fall to the Arceans. They just simply disappeared...Next in line was the Altarians. They ended up surrendering their 2 remaining planets to me...Then fell the Drengin...they didn't have a chance. During thier last stages of death, I decided to go out in a blaze of glory....I attacked the Arceans. I couldn't at first, but my party then took control of the Senate, and i set a course for the nearest Arcean planet.

I actually had a "battle plan", but the Arceans were just too powerful, and i waited too long to help any of the other empires....After their Dreadnaughts, Battleships, and Battle Transports cleared my airspace, I decided to surrender....

A neutral race won....
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Hmmmm.... I just have to say this:

Now you see that evil will always triumph... becasue good is dumb!

~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Hehe :)

"I knew it, I am surrounded by assholes!"
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Yup, on my current "Normal" game, the Yor are already gone, and the Drengin are next, despite the fact that I've done nothing o the Drengin, and even got into a war with the Arceans because I wouldn't pay them protection money, so they conned the Altarians and Torians into coming in on their side. I actually thought the Drengin were going to win the war for a while because they were throwing so many ships at me I'm surprised they had anything left to fight the Drengen.