Does the AI Boost?

[Edratman]

jutetrea said:


I'm not sure if the AI:
site searches well
accumulates gems towards goals
alchemizes
boosts
summons "bridge" magic users
summons "diversity" magic users
casts gem producing/beneficial globals
Summons troops effectively

?

I think you have summed up the major deficiencies of the AI and why a person can beat the AI once he learns how to play the game.


Despite these shortcoming, the AI kicked my butt for a month or so until I finally quit playing the game like CIV. So I think the AI is pretty impresssive. Because it doesn't perform the items on your list well and I guarantee that your list will be expanded (no Nostradamus points available for the prediction) it is not perfect. I don't know if a perfect AI is achievable.

Look at the time and resources IBM put into making a computer that can beat chess champions. That is the type of effort required to make a near perfect AI. Is it reasonable to expect that from a game company?

Everyone's suggestions are probably helpful to the Dev's and I imagine they evaluate all, or at least most, of them. And the devs probably put a good number into the category of "WOW, good idea, wish I knew how to do that".