This is all the AI does. It doesn't do anything but prolong the fights. Fly, afterburn, FA off turn, shoot, fly, afterubrn, FA off turn, shoot, fly, afterburn, FA off turn, shoot.
Thats all it does. Fights which should end in 30secs-1min turn into 10min snoozefests. Seriously, fly, afterburn, FA off turn, shoot. Is this really what you consider to be hard AI? Theres nothing to it, its just boring. Whats the point of playing if something which should last 30 seconds ends up taking 10 minutes? I'm going to blow up the other ships regardless of what happens, why have the AI drag the fight out?
Do you actually enjoy this/have fun with it? I don't even why I bother with this anymore. Its like the game purposely trying to be as boring as hell.