This reduces the amount of time the turn generation for the AI requires as well as making the solar systems feel a lot more lively. There are several flavors of the BM, my personal preference being the 'Small systems mod' that reduces the amount of hexes in a system. As a player with some experience you will of course eventually learn to exploit and dominate the AI, but overall I'm impressed with the improvements that are made. It also sets up a decent defensive line in border systems, which is very important in this game and something I never saw the AI well enough in the stock game. I've also seen the AI make cleverly assembled fleets balanced with mine sweepers, escorts, supply ships and transports full of troops to invide my planets with. As I was also unable to invade it with troops I was forced to develop the tech to clear minefields, buying the AI time to fortify the colony! When an AI surprises or even outsmarts me like that that is something I consider a great moment in gaming.

Before I could send another the AI had created his own colony on that world.

On one occasion the AI set up a minefield above a planet in one of my systems of the same type that it needed to colonize, resulting in millions of dead colonists when I sent a colony ship. In my last BM game I had to actually give up because the AI outperformed me in every area except the tactical battles. If the balance mod didn't exist I'd have abandoned the game a long time ago, but instead I have kept coming back to it many years later and even now I reinstall it once every few months.īM Improves the AI so much that I believe they should make it an official patch for the game. Unfortunately the AI for SEV is horrifically bad in the stock game. It is so good that I consider setting up the Balance Mod a required part of installing the game! The AI makes or breaks any game in this genre. Adding improvements and a greater opportunity for customization, Space Empires V offers players the chance to explore the far reaches of space while. I can't emphasize enough how important the Balance Mod is. In Space Empires V, an entire galaxy is yours to manage You control every aspect of a massive empire - and its up to you to keep it running.

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