In effort to assist Frogboy with his AI improvements, please post below any tactics you use that the AI does not, or any tactics you see the AI using that you think could be improved or should be abandoned.
Please proceed your post with a number, and let's try to keep the numbers continuous from one post to the next so its easy to navigate through them and/or discuss them - although lets try to keep discussion here to a minimum.
1) Using constructors to extend range, particularly in preparation for war, and guarding said constructors.