Dominions 2. AI. Suggestions, that how to fix it.

[LordArioch]

Originally posted by MStavros:

1. The AI is preferring light troops. -> not good. Light troops are very weak compared to the heavy troops. This is why it is so easy to crush the AI.
2. The AI should summon more creatures.
3. The AI should use more assassins.
4. The AI should guard his mages / commanders better.
5. The AI should use better battlefield tactics.

In my normal AI experience (mostly against Mictlan)

1. The AI does seem to overuse light units. IMO, the best way to fix this would be to better balance light troops. AI did a decent job of throwing in jaguar warriors/sun warriors. And Mictlan doesnt really have heavy troops.
2. I've seen the AI cast more blood summons than I have. Mictlan never seems to move without having a few fiends of darkness and assorted demons about. I don't find most summons more than a decent way to spend gems anyway, the low level ones usually don't turn the tide of battles (anymore)
3. The AI assasinated my pretender and a researching mage and made about 4+ other attempts. If anything he should use assasains less since they usually aren't well equipped enough. (pretender died due to bug)
4. This has always been true, but at least removal of attack commanders makes it harder to abuse. Be nice if any commander got 1-2 troops always set to guard. I started doing this to my mages when he started assasinating them.
5. His battlefield tatics aren't ingenious but I have yet to see anything stupid from the AI here. Usually just a general troops go forward archers shoot kind of thing. Not wonderful but general purpose and usually pretty effective.