How does the AI work?

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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

Tell your friend to play larger size maps with the independents setting at 7 or higher. For these larger size maps I also suggest a victory condition of victory points otherwise the game will take a long long time to finish.