What races does the AI play best?

Tichy · #1 December 5th, 2007, 05:39 PM

I've seen AI implode with Marverni more than a few times. They always seem to get overrun. Why do you think AI is good with them?

VedalkenBear · #2 December 5th, 2007, 05:46 PM

Mainly because they can gain provinces quite fast. I think the 'implode' issue is that they sometimes recruit hornblowers in large numbers, which is not an effective strategy.

Tichy · #3 December 5th, 2007, 06:20 PM

Ah -- I'd just gotten used to seeing them "?-Whoozit the god of Marverni..." pretty early on...Now I'm interested to see what it's like to meet them in an SP game.

Edi · #4 December 5th, 2007, 07:10 PM

A lot of it depends on the indie settings. I consistently play with indies 7, hard research, 100% gold and resources, magic sites 35 or less and Better Independents mod to disable the chaff.

With that setup, the EA nations that consistently come out on top with AI are the glamour nations (Van, Hel, Tuatha), Ulm, Ermor, Marverni and Sauromatia. Niefel varies a lot. Lanka is very often a strong one for the AI, but it doesn't use the blood aspect much. Tien Chi is also a fairly safe choice for the AI in that it will be at least semi-competent.

Haven't played much since 3.10 came out and never with Fomoria as an opponent, so I have no idea how that plays out. C'tis has variable success. The AI generally sucks with Abysia and isn't too competent with Arco.

MA and LA I haven't played appreciably, so no big trends, but anything that has decent armor and hits hard and straightforward is usually good for the AI.

Daynarr · #5 December 5th, 2007, 07:24 PM

Actually, Fomoria seems to always come out as one of the top if not THE top nation when AI is playing it in my games. I usually play large SP games with 12+ opponents in it so there is usually lots of competition in them. I suggest you include Fomoria in yours too as AI with Fomoria seems to be much more consistent and stable then Niefielheim (another giant nation). Niefelheim usually expands fast but gets beaten later by other nations while Fomoria seems to keep its advantage. Well, that is what I had experienced so far.

Edi · #6 December 5th, 2007, 07:28 PM

Oh, I will include it, all right, just that not playing a lot of Dom3 at the moment. HoMM5 has stolen my attention for a while, though I still hang around here.

Zeldor · #7 December 5th, 2007, 10:33 PM

MA Ermor [always very strong]
MA Oceania
MA Machaka
MA Jotunheim [but it can also be quite weak]
MA Pangea

The worst AI nations, MA too:

MA Bandar Log
MA Caelum

But it really depends on scales. I am not fighting MA Pythium that has 10k people in capitol [Death 3, Misfortune 3!]

Edratman · #8 December 6th, 2007, 11:54 AM

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Edi said:
Oh, I will include it, all right, just that not playing a lot of Dom3 at the moment. HoMM5 has stolen my attention for a while, though I still hang around here.

Is HoMM5 fun?

I loved 1 and 2 but didn't like 3 for reasons that I have long forgotten. (HoMM1 must have come out 15 to 20 years ago. Great game.) Because of that I skipped 4 and 5 entirely. I think I remember reading that it was put out by a different company than the first 4, but I've found that once a series goes starts going downhill, either books, games or movies for that matter, the slippage is seldom reversed.