AI Questions

Gandalf Parker · #1 September 8th, 2007, 03:34 PM

Then say that it sucks!
Its less insulting than saying that the AI has no strategies at all. At least "sucks" is an opinion. Not stating as a fact that no effort was made. OK the ****ing AI SUCKS IT SUCKS IT SUCKS IT SUCKS. (against any player that has played more than a few dozen games against it or read the forum telling you how to beat it).
Next round?

Sombre · #2 September 8th, 2007, 04:15 PM

Don't act like I'm kicking your wife in the teeth.

If you need more than a few /dozen/ games practice or some recycled exploit from the forums to beat the AI, I can only conclude that you're the one who sucks :]

I beat the AI first game, on normal. I moved to impossible. Found it very easily beaten, not with exploits or bless rushes, but simply with PD and sensible use of troops, not throwing them piecemeal into a meat grinder. Now I stale for 4 turns or so at the start of a game and set the AIs scales etc up myself to avoid it going for misfortune turmoil death and some insane useless bless. I still have plenty of fun with SP, but the AI continues to suck some of the enjoyment out of it with its 'strategy'.

I should point out here that I'm not even any good at dom3 or any other strategy game like it.

Gandalf Parker · #3 September 8th, 2007, 04:20 PM

I agreed that it sucked.

I dont know of any AI that doesnt suck against some one who has played enough games to know the game.

But it does have features that can be worked with to improve it. Since we arent going to get extensive rewrites we might as well work with those or toss all of it.

Hadrian_II · #4 September 8th, 2007, 07:01 PM

The Dom AI is just throwing hordes of troops at you, so the only thing you have to do to win is to keep the attrition low for you by buying high PD and only high end troops who dont die in a battle.

I think it would be a major improvement for the AI, if she would remember that she attacked a province with 100 units before and that she was defeated so that she would take 200 units the next time. (Or even simpler, that the AI just attacks only every second turn, so the invading armies would be twice as strong)

Wikd Thots · #5 September 8th, 2007, 07:14 PM

heehee. Backed down again.
We do not have any more problem with G now that Somber is moderating him.

NTJedi · #6 September 8th, 2007, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Gandalf Parker said:
But it does have features that can be worked with to improve it. Since we arent going to get extensive rewrites we might as well work with those or toss all of it.

True... the #startspell would greatly improve the AI, if it eventually gets fixed.