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  • Starting A New Campaign
  • Fast Facts: A Crash Course On AI War
  • Your Home System And What's In It

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  • I'm Just Starting Out -- What Should I Do?
  • How Do I Know What Difficulty Level To Play On?

Is The Difficulty Really Constant Throughout A Game Of AI War? What Difference Does The Map Size Make? (Hint: Tiny Maps Are Harder) What are suggestions for a good first AI opponent? Video Tutorials (See An Expert Play) [edit] General Gameplay How Do I Get More Ships? What Do I Do With My Older Ships? What Technologies Should I Unlock If I'm New? How Do I Use The Priority Buttons In The Galaxy Map? Do Shots Miss Sometimes? Should I Micromanage Ships In Battle? Some Of My Ships Are Extra Slow, Or Won't Move At All. Why? Are There Cheats In The Game? When Should I Be Worried About The AI Progress Getting Too High? How Do I Minimize Micromanagement? Does The AI Progress Go Up When I Lose A Command Station? Like Chess, A Game Of AI War Has Three Abstract "Phases" [edit] Multiplayer Co-Op What are the differences between solo and multiplayer? How To Manage Player Drop-In and Drop-Out In Co-Op? [edit] Expansions Expansions Vs Free DLC -- What's The Difference? What exactly are the features in the base game of AI War? What exactly is added via The Zenith Remnant expansion? What will be in the Children of Neinzul micro expansion? When will the third expansion for AI War be coming out? [edit] Interface Keyboard: Where Are The Keyboard Controls For The Game Documented? Keyboard: What Exactly Does X + Right Click Do? What Does Flashing On The Galaxy Map Indicate? How Do the Quick Buttons At The Bottom Of The Screen Work? About The Planetary Summary Is It Possible To Zoom All The Way Out? Why Is Clicking The Minimap Imprecise When I Am Zoomed In? Can I Queue Multiple Attack Orders And Movement Orders? What Are The Rules For Gifting Ships Between Players? Formation: How To Use Formation Move Formation: How To Use Arc Move How Do I Minimize Micromanagement? How To Use Preferred Targets To Make Up For Deficiencies In Your Ship Mix [edit] Defense How Do I Barricade A Wormhole? Gate Raids: How Do I Prevent Enemies From Sending Waves Against A Planet? Gate Raids: What Does Gate Raiding Really Accomplish? How Do I Defend My Ever-Expanding Fronts? Why Would I Unlock Turrets Instead Of Mobile Ships? How Do I Secure The Area Around My Planets? How Do I Prepare For Cross-Planet Attacks? What Is The Risk Of Not Destroying A High-Level AI Planet Next To My Home Planet? Why Is There An Exo-Galaxy Wormhole On My Home Planet? How Do I Defend Against Astro Trains? How Do I Protect Myself While Expanding In The Early Game? (Whipping Boys) How Do I Keep The Number Of Ingress Points Into My Territory Low? Defending Against Border Aggression [edit] Offense How Does Supply Work? How Do I Establish A Beachhead? What's The Best Way To Handle Scouting? Why Does An Enemy Planet Get Reinforcements After Its Warp Gate Is Gone? Are The Capturable Enemy Ships Always Away From My Starting Position? What Is The Risk Of Taking A Planet Next To High-Level AI Planets? How Do I Take A High-Level AI Planet? How Fast Should I Be Taking Planets? How Do I Protect Myself While Expanding In The Early Game? (Whipping Boys) Neutering AI Planets Creating False Alarm Distractions On AI Planets Why Not To Use FRD Mode Offensively [edit] Economy How Do I Get More Knowledge? What Do I Do About Reduced Energy Reactor Efficiency? Are There Resource Caps? What Happens When I Hit Them? What To Do With Too Much Of One Resource, But Not Enough Of The Other? [edit] Ship-Specific Game Mechanics Cloaking: How Does Cloaking Work? Cloaking: How Do I Prevent My Cloaked Ships From Auto-Attacking Enemies? Cloaking: How Do Cloaking Boosters Work? Why Can't I Repair Some Ships (Such As Forts/Warheads)? Am I Ever Able To Build Core/Mark V Units? Why Do Some Ships (Such As The Fortress) Have Two Range Circles? [edit] Ship Strategies & Errata Advanced Research Stations: Does Losing One Of These Matter After I've Held It Once? Astro Trains: What Do These Do? Astro Trains: How Do I Defend Against Astro Trains? Captive Human Settlements: Do I Gain Anything From Holding These? Command Posts: What Do These Do? Counter-Dark-Matter Turrets: What Are These Good For? Electric Shuttles: How Do I Effectively Attack Them? Engineers: How Can I Best Use These? Engineers: What Restrictions Are There On When An Engineer Can Repair Another Ship? Force Fields: How Do I Kill Them? Force Fields: How Much Of A Ship Needs To Be Covered By A Forcefield To Get Its Protection? Force Fields: What Uses Are There For The Mobile Nature Of Force Field Generators? Golems: What Are Golems? Golems: What Are The Benefits And Risks Of Capturing Golems? Golems: How Do I Kill A Mining Golem? Golems: How Do I Work With A Zenith Trader? Golems: How Do I Survive A Zenith Devourer? Golems: How Do I Interact With A Dyson Sphere? Guard Posts: What Do These Do? Ion Cannons: What Do I Do About Them? Lightning Turrets: How Do I Effectively Attack Them? Mines: Are Ships Supposed To Be Able To Slip Past Mines? Mines: How Do I Clear Enemy Mines? Mines: What Is The Best Way To Clear The Remains Of Enemy Mines? Mines: How To Kill PermaMines? Missile Frigates: Are These Overpowered? Orbital Mass Drivers: What Are Orbital Mass Drivers? Parasites: What's The Best Way To Use Them? Special Forces Guard Posts: What Do These Do? Special Forces Guard Posts: How Do I Destroy Them? Spiders And Weak Ships: What Are These(And Other Weaker Ships) Good For? Starships: How Do I Best Use Them? Starships: What Are Scout Starships Good For? Starships: How Do I Use Riot Starships? SuperFortresses: What Do I Do About Them? Tachyon Beams: Why Do Yellow Beams Come Out Of Nowhere And Hit My Ships? Warheads: How Do I Get EMPs, Nukes, And Other Warheads? Warheads: How Do I Use Nukes? Warheads: How Do I Use EMPs? Warheads: How Do I Use Lightning Warheads? Warheads: How Do I Use Armored Warheads? Warp Gates: How Does A Warp Gate