Proof of stupid AI spellcasting

[Darryl]

I just saw this Last night. I went against Pythium with 2 Theurgs. One cast (let's call him "Joe") Communion Master and the other ("Fred") cast Communion Slave. Then the next Messages were "Fred casts communion master" and "Joe casts communion slave"! It was ok for me since they didn't actually USE the power they gained, but still....

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by PDF:
Here's a shot of a Deathmatch fight between an Inquisitor and a Golden Naga Pretender
Look at the Inq's spells cast... No comment !

It's not that stupid. That's a witch hunter from the picture. That means that it has fire 2 and astral 1. The only spell I can see it using to damage the Naga is star fires.

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:
It's not that stupid.

The stupid part is casting Slave and then Master, unless that combo actually works, which it isn't supposed to ...

[aldin]

I see it mostly as a "look at the stupid, unwinnable fight my god got me into... mebbe if I act crazy she'll go away"

Actually, I suspect the AI puts a high value on casting CS but includes itself when "looking" to see if there are any Slaves before casting CM. One "fix" might be to require a minimum of two available slaves before the AI is willing to cast CM.

~Aldin

[ February 21, 2004, 18:45: Message edited by: aldin ]

[ioticus]

Is this with the latest patch? By the way, has anyone noticed an improvement in AI spellcasting with 1.08?

[mivayan]

Did you have star fires researched? If the mage dont have any usefull spell to cast it does not really matter which useless spell it casts.

[ February 21, 2004, 20:09: Message edited by: mivayan ]

[Taqwus]

Eh, cast Body Ethereal, Personal Luck, Astral Weapon and charge. The audience wants to see blood, not a mage sitting there trying to commune with himself.