POLL: How Do You Play?

[Atreidi]

Panpiper said:
Someone made the suggestion of allowing you to turn on the AI switch for your empire just to let the game run it's course at that point. That sounds to me like a darn good idea.

Can the AI be trusted with your game? I've seen big AI-controlled nations go down the drain by another smaller one :S what if in the end it is not a for sure victory... :S

[Meglobob]

It would be great if you could turn AI control on and off for your nation. Let it do the donkey work, you the god mastermind it all from time to time.

[Gandalf Parker]

I think the devs liked the idea also. Particularly I pushed for it as a host switch as another option to handle players suddenly having to take a break.

But if I remember the conversation there is something about going AI which makes changes that are almost impossible to undo afterward. Too much rewrite and moving around of code to get it.

On the other hand, I have kindof done it in some games. Overfill certain provinces building queues. Set everyone for re-occurring actions so that they will at least do something. Then host for a few turns, rinse, repeat. It gets me to the next important change to the game (usually a magic research that Im in a hurry for)