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Hello Members,

I'm just wondering how would you rate the hard AI compared to a Human opponent on BGA? In terms of ELO level. I'm interested to get a rough gauge of wether hard AI would equate to perhaps strong beginner or low intermediate Human play level? I find that some games tend to overestimate 'Hard' AI relative to competitive human only play.

I haven’t started playing Gaia Project on BGA yet, but I plan to soon. For now, I only play the app version against Hard AI opponents.

I always play 4-player games against 3 Hard AIs. I use settings that let me always choose my own faction, which means my three opponents are fixed for that faction. For example, whenever I play as Ivits, my opponents are always Terrans, Xenos, and Geodens.

The app automatically assigns the same AI factions every time. If you try to change an opponent you'll get a map incompatibly warning.

Other settings I use:

- Always 4 player (myself versus 3 Hard AI opponents)
- Shuffle Players: On
- No Auction (everyone starts with 10 VP)
- Turn Order determined by Passing Order: On
- Last Player Rotates Sectors: Off
- 10 Sectors
- Seed Default On (default is random seeding)

I don’t know the map layout, research track, advanced/standard tech tiles, round objectives, or end-game objectives in advance or any other secret information my opponents don't know before hand.

I found the hard AI in the mobile app to be equivalent to around 100 ELO, or a solid beginner. They don't seem to have a very coherent strategy adapted to each map and tech layout, or a strong sense of which are the most contested actions to prioritize first.

Thank you very much for your reply!

I think I'm kidding myself thinking that hard AI is actually hard relative to human players. I will need to keep practicing and analyzing games I think to get better. I'm currently learning Itars (having played Xenos, Ivits, Hadsch Hallas and Terrans) over the last 6 months or so.

Thanks once again!