Apocrypha - Sleeper AI (CSM)

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Raised by: Ankhesentapemkah
Submission Date: 14-03-2009
Issue ID: To be indexed

Summary

The sleepers appear go be positively received by most players, nevertheless there are a few concerns:

• Sleepers being too eager to destroy drones
• Sleepers 'cheating' too much
• Neuting effect of sleepers favoring passive tanked, cap independant ships
• No effective way of dealing with a large group of battleships

Sleepers and Drones

Drone users are complaining that their sole means of DPS is negated by the sleepers quickly disposing of the player's drones. A contributing factor is the sleepers ability to lock targets very fast, thus drones being fired upon almost instantly after deployment.

Sleeper Cheating

A large factor in the Sleepers being considered challenging comes from them cheating, instead of them actually behaving in an intelligent fashion. Sleepers currently cheat in the following ways:

• Fast lock
• Extreme ranges of their webs, scrams and other EWar
• Neuting ability on their weapons
• Extreme damage output

Cap independant ships

Due to the neutralizing effect of the sleeper weaponry, cap independant, passively tanked ships hold a massive advantage, especially in smaller gangs / solo play. There are fears that passive nighthawks are once again the optimal strategy.

Large BS Groups

It's not uncommon for large amounts of sleepers to spawn, and if multiple battleships are present, then they can easily kill most ships in a few volleys, and at the moment there does not appear to be a reliable way to counter this.