Great improvement of AI and a new issue

Published on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 By aigor85 In Sins of a Solar Empire II

Hey guys,

I really wanted to mention the new AI. Something happened that never happened before. In a game with Capital planet win condition, a nightmare  AI, when started losing attacked my homeplanet with 3 nukes from sheitton of distance away, thus successfully annihilating me in a match. I'm impressed. I only wonder what ARES will bring.

However during the same game, i encountered a pretty bad bug. If one PC player generates insurgents on a planet, your defenses are not attacking them. They can stay indefinitely and bomb your planet and defenses without any punishment whatsoever. Your troops however detect them and destroy them. So it's only about defenses (stabase can see and attack enemies, but it doesn't move towards them, vasari player). And weirdly enough among planet bombers, percherons and kodiaks, only percherons were attacked by defenses and only while my ships were present in the planet well. Almost if only my ships can see those. 

Also, were the distances of Novalith increased/removed? I see same thing as in Sins 1. Novalith now can attack anywhere on the map?