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Old September 24th, 2004, 12:34 PM

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Default Re: SUGGESTION: AI troop building algorithm

It seems to me that its more important to have a challenging and entertaining game than a complex AI that can sit in the same seat as a human and do a passable job. Why not script it so whenever the AI plays a nation that nation plays alot like the dead Ermor nations? I've noticed that the AI does a remarkably better job when the infantry is auto-generated and it can focus more on the commanders and construction. Could it not be set up so that the AI gets a smaller percentage of the money it should be recieving, but also gets free thematic troops that will keep its army looking national instead of independant, then it could focus more on the other things and probably be a good deal more challenging. I am far more interested in the way the game plays than whether or not the AI is playing fairly.
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Cheezeninja,
I do like your suggestion very much I don't care if the AI plays by the same rules than the players, and like you would prefer to have AI field "nice" armies !
By the same token AI armies should be starvation-protected.
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Old September 25th, 2004, 09:10 PM
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Cheezeninja,
I do like your suggestion very much I don't care if the AI plays by the same rules than the players, and like you would prefer to have AI field "nice" armies !
By the same token AI armies should be starvation-protected.
I liked that, since the AI cant do reasonable planning based on low or high supply provinces. But then I thought about it and realized that it would be a major thorn to Ermor and other death scales which count on creating large rings of non-supply to aid in their defense.

Not that I ever liked that. I wouldnt mind seeing it get nerfed but it IS a plus factor of theirs which would be cut down. Something to consider but I cant quite decide if it knocks the suggestion out or not. Opinions?
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