Anyone have success at luring AI into using ground troops for invading your systems? All I ever seem to get is regular timed invasion using siege tech (at low or high difficulty modes)



Chasing another series of really hard to get achievements re: killing troops with collateral damage so I've been building outposts with collateral damage causing defenses and trying to bait the AI into taking them over.



So far I'm at 0 kills since the AIs in my games all seem to just use normal siege invasion.



I was hoping like Civ V there would be some faction preference that may have some factions like to use fighter/bombers or others to use siege invasion - which you'd think would be Hissho for fighter/bombers since they have hull bonuses for that and whatever faction (forgot name) that has the hull bonuses for bombs and invasion.



I've now gotten every achievement except the entire series (3) for fighter/bombers and the (3) for killing troops with collateral damage. Too bad there's no solo multiplayer mode like in Civ.

I have never had luck with luring them, but for myself it normally happens on the off chance, I always check fleets that come near me, during times of war, when aiming for that achievement only thing i can think is pulling fleets backs, to allow them to come to the system and hope that they do what you want.



Like I said, it only ever happens to me on the off chance, most of the time they siege tech.



I hope you manage to get the achievements you are aiming for!