Poll #2. [Try out the demo, and vote after that!]

[Mephisto]

I played with all the available AIs enabled to "normal", the rest left at the default settings. I was far from winning any game and I had AI armies of 100+ units (one 350+) on my borders. Maybe there is some problem with the "impossible" difficulty setting?

[licker]

Originally posted by Mephisto:
I played with all the available AIs enabled to "normal", the rest left at the default settings. I was far from winning any game and I had AI armies of 100+ units (one 350+) on my borders. Maybe there is some problem with the "impossible" difficulty setting?

Heh, this is starting to sound like the issues with the MoO3 difficulty levels, where due to a type or oversite in the difficulty level tables the impossible setting was the same as the easy setting.

Maybe this is the problem...

[Saber Cherry]

I'm finding "Difficult" pretty difficult. That's with all nations, but still, the AI is good. Jotunheim's been clever - they finessed me... split their wolf riders into two flanking Groups, one of which i slaughtered with archers, and the other of which snuck around the back to ruin my army formation. They pulled my hoplites away from my archers, allowing the heavy jotuns in to rout my archers and kill my commanders. All 7 commanders - 3 mages, 2 priests, a scout, and a hoplite... 4 of them were heroic Not heroic enough, I guess.

[PvK]

Seems to me that difficulty against the AI has a lot to do with the game situation. Maybe the difficulty simply varies a whole lot depending on who starts where, and who goes to war with whom first, etc. People saying the game is easy may have partly lucked out. That itself may be an issue of a different kind, though.

I haven't played enough Doms 2 yet to really have an opinion yet. Personal play style has a lot to do with it, though. I've been playing Doms 1 single-player and having all challenging games against the AI, but I also tend to play to have fun rather than to find super-powerful strategies. If I were just trying to find uber-techniques to maximize my progress, I expect I could, but I'd rather play it as a pseudo-RPG.

PvK

[Mortifer]

Originally posted by Particle:
What is this flamewar between Storm and cpbeller/Nerfix?
Who the hell cares about Dominions X & Storm's opinion about you? I don't give ***** about these.
Use PMs, and shut your mouths (cpbeller,Nerfix & Storm). Geez.

Period.

Originally posted by PvK:
Seems to me that difficulty against the AI has a lot to do with the game situation.

You know, this is very true.
Today I had a game, and the AI attacked me with a nice army. 120+ troops, BUT the units were weak/mediocre.

As I see the problem is, that the AI isnt using heaveyweight units and/or summoned units. Well 40 turns is not enough to tell the proper situation anyways.

...so there must be something with this AI - supply thing, propably thats why we wont see heavy units in the AI armies that much.???

[ October 31, 2003, 11:48: Message edited by: Mortifer ]

[Mortifer]

Update #3. [55 Users had voted]

What should IW improve in Dominions II.?
GFX 4% (2)
Music & SFX 4% (2)
AI 65% (36)
Game balance 11% (6)
UI (User Interface) 38% (21)


What new content would you like to see in Dominions II.?
More Spells 13% (7)
More Items & Special sites 18% (10)
More Units & Creatures 13% (7)
Diplomacy 62% (34)
Weapon / Armor system 15% (8)
Other (Make a comment) 15% (8)


Do you play single or multi?
I only play SP 51% (28)
I prefer SP, but rarely I play MP 20% (11)
I play SP and MP as well 15% (8)
I prefer MP, but rarely I play SP 15% (8)
I only play MP 0% (0)


What do you think about the Dominions II. AI?
Excellent 9% (5)
Good 27% (15)
Average 29% (16)
Below average 22% (12)
Poor 13% (7)


There will be no more upgrades, were waiting for Patrik's mega poll.

[DominionsFan]

WOW!
AI 65% (36) & I only play SP 51% (28)


Hey, what mega poll were you talkin' about?

[ October 31, 2003, 14:50: Message edited by: DominionsFAN ]