Finally the AI did something! A note on late game balance.

[Thorsz]

the AI used Orbital Bombardment for the first time. IT would be nice to see this more often. I find that once I acquire nukes, it's game over for the AI. There seem to be several reasons for this. 1. The AI never seems to use nukes. 2. There is no penalty or motivation not to use nukes. 3. As a balance, how about some type of ABM defense that can be researched. Finally, 4. Radiation penalty to the environment on a global scale?

In all fairness, I have not played against the AI at the highest level, so I don't know if they would use nukes or Black Hole generators. Somehow I doubt it given the AI behavior at the other levels. Right now the game balance is heavily shifted to the player once the tech for nuclear weapons is achieved. I easily won a military victory with the Togra in 3 games at the medium and hard settings with highly aggressive Xeno activity. Maybe the high Xeno activity hampers the AI in the early game?