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Speaking about AI....I've seen a new military robot in the news yesterday, and it can make own decisions depending on the situation. Quite scary isn't it? Maybe the things what we've seen in the sci-fi movies about robots will be real in like 20-30 years.

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Was it this thing? I think I can build a Lego Mindstorms unit that has the same capability (on a smaller scale, of course...)

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Nop it was something else.

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Here is a different sort of diplomacy system:

With Dominions 3 it's clear that different things can happen to pretenders. One becomes a god but the others can be bound in the underworld, destroyed, or simply laid to rest. This variation in results can be the basis for a diplomacy system.

This system uses four rules and requires a binding trading system. 1) An anhihilated pretender is worth no points, an imprisoned one is worth a point, a sleeping pretender is worth two and a god is worth 5 - (sum_of_other_scores / number_of_contenders). (That's down to 3 if all others are sleeping, and up to 5 if all destroyed) 2) The victorious god disposes of the pretenders as he chooses but is bound by terms he has agreed to. 3) A pretender may surrender and extinguish its own dominion. The hope of godhood is lost, it's prophet is depowered, but it may still act in the world.

The winner gets the most points by relentlessly destroying everyone. Everyone who doesn't win gets the most points if the player who gave them the best terms wins. So if victory is certain then destroy, if victory is in doubt then accept supporters, if victory is doubtful then steal allies by offering better terms, if losing is certain then surrender and get on the best bandwagon you can.

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Simple A.I Diplomacy would be a start.Non-aggression treatys and alliances.Simple trade pacts like in SEIV that give a certain resource percent.The lack of SP diplomacy is big disapointment.All the other modern 4x games have A.I diplomacy.It adds greatly to the roleplaying. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

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A little off the thread's current topic, but I like being able to summon 14 Corpse Men with one death gem.
Hee hee hee!

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It's Air first, Death second, so Air gem.

And how is that? With a Staff of Storms? Lightning Rod only gives 4 per summon, perhaps 14 is a typo? If that's really possible, add me to the club. Corpse Men armies! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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Exactly. I checked it - 6 Corpse Men with a Staff of Storms (Air 4, costs 25 gems with the new formula), 4 with a Lightning Rod (Earth 1, 5 gems). Maybe 14 was a typo for 4?

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I'm guessing it was the new air/death book artifact + staff.