What I'd like see AI do in SP play

Gandalf Parker · #1 February 13th, 2007, 11:36 AM

I dont remember seeing quite that much lemming action. Do you set all the AIs to aggressive by any chance?

Jazzepi · #2 February 13th, 2007, 12:43 PM

I've noticed that too. Especially with water nations. I built up a border of 30 PD around all my water accessiable proviences and the computer has hundreds of troops in the water, but keeps throwing 30-40 agaisnt the PD which get slaughtered.

Jazzepi

Sombre · #3 February 13th, 2007, 02:19 PM

It pretty much happens no matter what I set the AI to.

Maybe it's because I play 3.00, but I don't recall any AI fixes in the updates, so yeah,.. lots of lemming action in every SP game I've played. I mean 40 guys of theirs per turn against a 40pd province - that's what my border wars usually look like, only over about 5 provinces.

merlinme · #4 February 13th, 2007, 03:04 PM

I agree with the lemming tendency. The AI really should be better at assessing odds. I assume there is some algorithm at the moment; I haven't looked into modding at all. Are there any AI options which you can mod?

mac5732 · #5 February 14th, 2007, 12:07 AM

I'd also like to see the Ai use better intrinsic defense again in better numbers. It seems that a lot of provinces I attack there is no intrinsic defense for the ai.. i like the idea of a library, maybe even an extra gold mine or two to increase in wealth as well.

NTJedi · #6 February 14th, 2007, 10:35 AM

The AI setting doesn't matter as the AI opponents will march armies until they die. I've seen very very small wounded armies attack very strong provinces. These traveling armies will pickup other units while traveling across an existing friendly province it owns... but march to death.

QXel · #7 February 19th, 2007, 09:08 AM

Lemmings action is common.

At this time, I'm playing a game, and the AIs (Difficult Ulm & Tien C'hi - random behaviour) have several medium sized armies around some provinces I own, with a strong PD and a big army inside. But they keep attack my one by one at a time ! They don't regroup the 2 or 3 (or 4) armies together for one really big deadly attack (even with a unfitted assortments of disparates troops) ! Something a human can do easily ...

I don't play MP games (no Internet) so sometimes it is very disapointing or frustrating ... But I know that programming AI isn't an easy thing, so, I don't blame anyone.

But I have to admit that AI in Dom3 isn't very efficient ... I remember the last patched AI at Stars! and they were really really tough !!! [mass driver bombing make me insane !!!]