Stronger AI [Synthetic]

[Frank_Stein]

I had the idea at one point of the AI spending a limited amount of 'memory' from roundstart to go through a skill tree/just pick stuff. A decent crop, but not every single ability (assuming they're given a large variety). Some AIs might always pick a certain set, so you start to recognize them and what they can do to help, others wait to adapt to what other people request/the task at hand, so on and so forth.

AI resets might allow reallocating skills.

The purpose of this: give AI skills that matter and feel developed, while allowing some limitations and also some extra flavor for destiny-type stuff

I like that a lot. The more basic powers should be free (like wizards magic missle) but the more powerful stuff requires thinking about your play strategy.

You can always readjust with some help from the crew or tailor you new load out to someone who subverts you when they reset the load out for you.

Maybe even throw in some upgrades like more RAM for more slots to fill with powers or new powers altogether. I bet you could find some real heinous AI abilities out in the Adventure Zone.

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That actually opens up a ton of ideas for ability branches. For instance, a branch centering around surveillance could include:

With a camera system like this

Where your vision is within the radius of a circle around the cameras, one line of upgrade could be expanding those circles to have a progressively larger radius.

Another line of powers on that same branch would be the alternate vision modes for heat, gas, and electric

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Alternatively, a branch that focused on a more hands on AI would include bot commands, deployment, and possession.

AI players would have a lot more uniqueness to them with style differences, and a war for control between two different AI's becomes a lot more interesting as they work with the loadouts they picked.

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It's a really good idea Nnystyxx.

I'd love to hear from an Admin or coder their thoughts on what's been said so far