hfxnikolai

+1. I've encountered this in many of my own recent games. Some great ideas there! Every victory option requires planets in some capacity. By default, the empires that expand will win. If the human empire is the only one capable of doing that, then it's a fait accompli. The Ai definitely needs work on how to expand it's empires and/or react to dominant empires (human or Ai) emerging in the galaxy. A lot of work has been put into differe

[quote who="bertranhalfwaite" reply="1" id="3624223"] A constantly changing and unpredictable universe needs AI borders to change and them to do stuff to each other! [/quote] This is the biggest problem with this game, imho. The Ai is great at colonizing, but after the colonization phase, Ai empires do not meaningfully expand or develop their empires. Play a game at any difficulty and look at the #planets held by various empires throughout the game at various intervals