The longer they remain active, the deadlier they get! Instigators are usually not immediately threatening, but do not take your time dealing with them. Instigator bases have a variety of nasty effects, ranging from increasing the amount of strength the AI will put into its waves, to spawning units every now and then to attack you.

Instigators spawn close to your homeworld and on low level planets initially, but as the AIP becomes higher, they will spawn farther away and on higher mark planets. Every hour or so, an Instigator base will spawn somewhere in the galaxy. The AI Instigators are not immediately apparent until later into the game.The AI Hunter Fleet will constantly probe your planets for weaknesses and will attack whenever they feel like they can win.If Thread doesn't find a suitable target to attack after a while, those units will join the Hunter Fleet. Threat is provoked typically by AI defenders who escape a planet after you attack it, or the remainder of defeated waves. These units are ready to come at any time they sense a weakness. The AI Threat are AI forces actively waiting to strike.They will never be committed to an attack on your planets. The AI Warden Fleet are used by the AI to defend only.Most AI units start out as Sentinels but can become AI Threat under certain circumstances, usually after a certain amount of time after you aggro them. AI Sentinels are usually dormant, found inside Guardposts, or sent as attack waves towards your planets. The AI Sentinels are the main AI faction you'll be fighting.

The AI can be divided into 6 components, AI Sentinels, AI Threat, AI Warden Fleet, AI Hunter Fleet, AI Instigators and AI Praetorian Guard. The game is fluid, and what may work against one AI type may not work against another, so adapt and revise how you play constantly. Remember! There are many different ways to play this game. At the start of the game, the AI is busy attending to business outside the galaxy (it's probably trying to fight the Spire in the Andromeda Galaxy), but as you start taking planets from the AI and destroying its infrastructure, it'll start turning its attention towards you. The higher this number rises, the more attention the AI directs to you. This is AI Progress, AKA how pissed off the AI is against you. Don't be afraid to cut and run if you start loosing a battle.Īt the top of the UI, you'll see a big red number with the accompanying letters AIP. Pick your targets strategically, methodically and carefully. The AI can afford to throw countless ships at you. The AI doesn't play by the rules, or rather, it plays by a different set of rules. It's about taking only what you need and being as quiet as possible so you don't draw the attention of the AI. In general, AI War 2 isn't about going guns blazing and capturing everything in sight. There is also a lot of 'How to Play' documentation available from the in-game main menu. This should help you familiarize yourself with the game's mechanics and quirks. Once those are done (or for the impatient), look in the Quick Start section of single player and check out one of the beginner situations. It's recommended to start with the tutorials. You'll be continuously commanding units in battle, explore the galaxy, and defend your planets all at once.

2.3 List of Currently Removed Content From ClassicĪI War 2 is a combination of RTS, 4X, and Tower Defense.

If that sounds over the top - and frankly that bit is wearying to us to imagine even though some people seek it out - then take a break and maybe hack the all-consuming computer virus to be your ally, and convince the star-sized alien hives to watch your back as you take on a suddenly-less-arrogant AI. Make the scenario complicated enough and it can become 'World War XV is in progress, you're in a tiny farm in the middle of it, nobody likes you, but if you can just kill that one giant angry enemy leader this will all be over.'

Other factions each have their own goals, rules, units, and entirely unique economies. Or immerse yourself in a far more complicated galactic struggle involving the nanocaust, macrophages, dyson spheres, and more.

All the new capturables, larger fleets, and hacking abilities are sure to help. Then strike out and find a way to cleverly outwit it nonetheless. with a host of mutual enemies.įace off against a more advanced version of the original AI, who once again has captured the entire galaxy leaving you only a tiny planet to yourself. The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming returns. AI War 2 is a grand strategy/RTS hybrid against a galaxy that has already been conquered by rogue artificial intelligence.

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