Targeting efficiency

[Jasper]

Originally posted by Mortifer:

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Originally posted by Maelstorm:
I hope that the Dominions 2. AI will be lot better.

You must be kidding, the Doms I. AI was lot better than the AI of the current strategy games. Try a medium map with 3-6 AIs on the highest level. You will be owned. Yeah a human can beat the AI in 1v1, but if more (4+) AIs are set, it is LOT harder to win, you need luck.
+ The Doms II AI will rock some booties if true, so maybe even the 1v1 AI will kick you hard!

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No, I don't think he is kidding. I've talked to lots of people who have no problem stomping all over the Dom 1 AI, despite the fact it starts out with an advantage over human players. It's not bad, but it doesn't particularily appear to be better than other similar games either. I'd say both the Aow2 and Warlords 3 AIs are better.

I find the AI easy to abuse, and only difficult when you have lots of AI players + Ermor. The other AIs have no clue how to fight Ermor, which proceeds to have free reign and potentially grow quite large before you face it.

It's been a while since I've played solitaire Dom 1, but as I recall the AIs just don't expand very fast, and aren't tactically prepared when battle is joined.

[ October 14, 2003, 07:14: Message edited by: Jasper ]