<r> I don't think these have changed in 1.5.0.1 but this is what I found in my tests (with the standard races.txt file):<br/>

<CODE><s>[code]</s>Race Troop Strength
Shakturi 19200
Boskara 14000
Mortalen 13300
Sluken 13200
Ikkuro 13100
Kiadian 12800
Dhayut 12600
Haakonish 12400
Human ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Spacecadet<br/>
The checkbox for Shakturi has the Expansion enabled.<br/>
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There are basically four ways to play now:<br/>
1. Without any stories - both checkboxes unselected.<br/>
2. Original story mode - Shakturi unchecked.<br/>
3. Shakturi mode ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: forsaken1111<br/>
At the very least we should be able to arm our mining stations and tell them to fire on incoming colony ships automatically.
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That and/or maybe the don't allow colonization on planets with mining stations thing ...

<t> Can't argue against improving the AI, can't really be a bad thing.<br/>
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Nimble (high cruise speed, high sprint speed and high acceleration) are harder to hit than ships without those qualities but I don't think size by itself has any effect. I could be wrong but I think all ships are ...

<t> Yeah, neither I am advocating that more size is always the answer. Just keep in mind that in some senses hordes of small cheap ships are ironically the more expensive option compared to a fewer number of larger and more expensive ships, including but not limited to getting less firepower per ...

<t> I guess I can't just point to interface improvements generically, so I will say the new tech system. The varied and evenly spaced clusters are great though (but there are a few other things on my list of great improvements besides interface changes and aspects of the new tech system before you ...

<r> Thats the problem with closing up the gaps in the AI so it performs as well as human players who know how to game the system, anyone who doesn't know those tricks is going to get wroughted by the AI. Newer or less savvy players find themselves getting whooped by the AI on a regular basis as it ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: forsaken1111<br/>
The smaller ships are generally faster than one larger ship of twice the size though, no? My escorts, which I leave on automate, seem to be very very good at swooping in for firing runs and then leaving battle before their shields drop. Of course ...

Certainly much simpler than my suggestion.

<t> Krob, in the original DW Zenox shields are actually quite inferior, there is only a very narrow range of damage where they are the best option. In ROTS it is a different matter, they are they best available up until damage levels that will see your ship die in a matter of seconds regardless of ...

So you did, but as this exchange shows people probably wont pick up on it unless you say something like "original DW" or the version number (currently the original is at version 1.0.6.0).

<t> The second one, but my apologies as you are playing the original DW so newly built ships are always automated, you will have to take them off automatic manually. But you can still set the default stances and engagement ranges.<br/>
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Unless you specify you are playing the original people ...

It is somewhat random, it also depends on the development level of the galaxy and the tech research speed. Last I heard the most time it should take is 100 years regardless of other factors.

<t> Well I haven't seen more than 100, that is the force I usually use to invade a colony/system to ensure quick victory. But 50+ is not unusual.<br/>
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I would suggest maybe upping the galaxy expansion to create empires with more territory at the start and higher tech levels, or manually ...

Ah ok, completely different to what I am talking about then. Glad to hear you found a way around it.

<t> Well thats fine, but determining the random seed based from the game state (presumably by using some value in memory to generate the seed) is lazy, pointless and annoying. I completely understand the desire to prevent save scumming to game the RNG, but it is doubly pointless if you replace it ...

<t> Off topic but while we are talking about RNG I would like to take the opportunity to praise DW for its complete lack of state dependent randomness[&o]. In case you haven't noticed, lots of games will have outcomes that are seemingly random but will occur the same way (or with the same chance ...

<t> Yeah, thats exactly the strategy I use. I was so happy when I first thought of it during the beta. It is pretty much the core of my troop strategy. Good move sending the Boskara, they are second only to the Shakturi in troop strength.<br/>
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Pretty sure troop strength should not be linked ...

<t> Ah ok, you have yet to see AI planets with 50+ troops (as I have). Different matter entirely. Anything with 10 troops or fewer is basically undefended in my reckoning, since my usual invasion force of 100+ troops would crush them quick smart. You must have some pretty good troop strength for 10 ...

Afaik the chance of success is as true as their random number generator.

What race were you playing as?