AI Thoughts

[NTJedi]

Endoperez said:
I happen to prefer enemies like Ermor not researching any blood magic...

True... but Ermor can be made much worse if given one or more blood magic sites with blood income, given a handful of blood magic spells at the start of the game, and given an immobile commander with the magic ability to cast them.
Worked for me on giving Arcos this setup and Infernal Crusade... sure enough he had Juggernauts and Demon Knights attacking me mid and late game.

Endoperez said:
Does the AI cast ritual spells that are meant to build castles?

If, say, Three Red Seconds was made a national spell for all the AI nations, removed from the research tree, and made Astral 1 ritual costing 5 gems... Could the AI use it?

I believe this has a good chance of working... however will the AI be smart enough to know how to protect these places. It might make the game easier for humans if the humans have castle-types to use at the front lines since the computer doesn't seem to protect newly conquered castles that well.