Re: Is AI cheating ?
Another test might be to use the BattleSim (mini.map) edit it to give yourself alot more than the AI. More population, more gold, a couple of extra gem-producing sites, an extra starting army. Now build up for a couple of turns and then attack. Did the AI catch up to you?
Not that it would matter anyway, but it would be a test. Its not really a solo-play game so the AI cheating isnt a big deal. Everything has its pros and cons, everything is in scales. The scale of AI cheating balances the need for AI being challenging. Its still general opinion (including mine since I have tried abit) that you cannont make a human-challenging AI. The more options there are, the harder it gets.
The AI newsGroups generaly consider Galactic Civilizations and Capitalism II to be the games which are most focused on that target in case you are interested.
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