Poll #2. [Try out the demo, and vote after that!]

PvK · #1 October 27th, 2003, 10:20 PM

Gee, the AI in Doms I has done pretty well against me. I've played five SP games, with pretty average difficulty settings, and it's record is 2:1 in its favor so far (2 games were lost in a hard drive crash before they had got beyond the opening stages). In the one game I am pretty clearly going to win, I was stalemated for a very long time with a two-front land war, and only barely escaped destruction when a third AI (Ermor) started sweeping in from three directions underwater. The AI showed some weaknesses, but I thought overall it did a very good job, especially considering the bazillions of possible factors to consider in the game. AI improvements are always appreciated, though. I suppose if I played it more as a competetive puzzle than as an RPG, though, I might be able to find ways to easily play against the AI weaknesses, but that's pretty much the case in all complex games.

PvK

MythicalMino · #2 October 27th, 2003, 10:25 PM

PvK....I agree....I am not saying to dro the AI...but complex games, lend to mediocre AI...look at SE4....the vanilla AI there, ppl complain all the time about it....but, the mods and MP is what helped that game become what it is...

My point I am trying to make is, the only reason I hear that IW should do something is because nobody wants MP to begin with...that is what I am getting tired of hearing...There is a strong core of ppl that play ONLY MP...and practice in SP...

20 ppl voting on a message board poll does not equal the entire game community...simple as that...

Particle · #3 October 27th, 2003, 11:40 PM

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Originally posted by cpbeller:
PvK....I agree....I am not saying to dro the AI...but complex games, lend to mediocre AI...look at SE4....the vanilla AI there, ppl complain all the time about it....but, the mods and MP is what helped that game become what it is...

My point I am trying to make is, the only reason I hear that IW should do something is because nobody wants MP to begin with...that is what I am getting tired of hearing...There is a strong core of ppl that play ONLY MP...and practice in SP...

20 ppl voting on a message board poll does not equal the entire game community...simple as that...

I think many of the posters here are tired by your comments. (I am a SP fan myself)

Okay lets think. Around 80% of the people here, on the Boards are SPers.
Sure there is that IRC chan. I just visited it. It is a small IRC room with a few finnish Dominion players. They are MPers.
Sure not everyone posting here. 3 of my friends, who preordered the game, are mainly SPers. They won't post here more than likely.

We can't tell the exact number of the SP/MP community, but the fact is that hella lot of players are SPers. [Propably lot more fans are SPers.] This is normal in strategy games.

Since Dominions is a SP/MP game, and the SP AI is not "that good", the developers should concentrate on this, to make it lot better.
I hope that cpbeller will understand this.
This has nothing to do with the SP/MP community.

If IW want to make a good game, they must improve what they can. I am pretty sure that the AI can be lot better. Now that the demo is out, the game is coming, they will have time to fix things, like the AI.
Just my 2 cents.

(I voted below average for the AI.)

[ October 27, 2003, 21:42: Message edited by: Particle ]

DominionsFan · #4 October 27th, 2003, 11:52 PM

Hey! I am a singleplayer freak too.

I love the demo of Dominions II., but the AI is very average or a little worse.

MythicalMino · #5 October 27th, 2003, 11:53 PM

you know....if you guys don't want to listen and look at reality...fine....after the devs have made it clear in many places, that the game is primarily a MP game...keep on trying to push MP out of the picture....whatever...

[ October 27, 2003, 21:55: Message edited by: cpbeller ]

DominionsFan · #6 October 28th, 2003, 12:01 AM

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Originally posted by cpbeller:
you know....if you guys don't want to listen and look at reality...fine....after the devs have made it clear in many places, that the game is primarily a MP game...keep on trying to push MP out of the picture....whatever...

Hey, I think you missed something. I think its nm that Dominions I. was made for MP mainly. Thx. to Shrapnel Dominions II. have LOT LOT LOT more fans than Dominions I.! LOT more fans = LOT more SP fans.
Even if we would have a community with 50% SP and 50% MP fans, the devs must please both of these Groups. [I think that the SP community is lot bigger btw.]
I think the MP part is really cool, but the SP AI must be lot better, so the SP fans will be happy than.

DominionsFan · #7 October 28th, 2003, 12:03 AM

Hey cpbeller I checked out that IRC room a few days ago, and ~10 people were there. You call that big?