Proof of stupid AI spellcasting

[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.

[PDF]

Some precisions :
This was a battle between AIs, in 2.08, and I just witnessed the match as Pythium without participating !
After the masterful CM+CS casts, the Marignon mage didn't even try Star Fire and was eaten by the Naga ...
Funniest was that in the end the Naga was killed by a Prophet Vanjarl who get it exhausted fighting Phantasmal Warriors ! This spell was a really good choice this time (at first I found it silly as the PW just delayed the Naga for one or two rounds ...)

[ February 21, 2004, 22:43: Message edited by: PDF ]