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ExitJudas said:
the FAQ is great, but I have this friend who is very frustrated with the AI, as it keeps ganging up on him when he plays SP. can anyone elaborate on how the AI thinks, since its a joykiller to play a 8 player SP game, thinking that its a FFA, when it actually plays more like a 7 v 1 
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I have not seen the AI gang up on me to the exclusion of not battling other AI nations. I usually have several scouts out and have always seen AI vs AI combat. Several times I have seen an AI nation that is attacking me attack another AI.
What your friend is probably seeing as AI "gang up" is merely the AI reacting to excessive province expansion without regard to defensive considerations. The AI will always attack a weak province. And it will then leave that province to attack another weak province. So your army ends up chasing a relatively weak AI army as it captures your weak provinces and destroys your temples.
If you have weak provinces on 3 or 4 fronts adjacent to the AI, you can be sure they will attack you. Then you will be ovewhelmed. There are things the AI does not do well but the AI is not incompetant. It is a credible opponent.
I don't make any claims to being a good Dom3 player, but I will not start a game unless my starting position is in a corner.