AI self destructs

[NTJedi]

jaif said:
In my game one of my neighbors was banderlog, but it appears that their empire was destroyed by independants. My spy in their capital shows me an independant force besieging their capital. Meanwhile, their dominion was horrible - misfortune, death, turmoil, drain, and the other one all at 2 or 3.

Is this some fancy strategy thing? Can someone explain what's happening? With them out of the way it was easy for me to expand, which makes this game trivial to win.

-Jeff

When playing against AI opponents you should setup the game map so all players start with 3 to 5 provinces... this will provide a surviving chance for even when the AI picks bad scales.
For more intense games against the AI I recommend reading the mapedit PDF guide which will allow you to provide the AI with better starting scales and allow you to ally AI opponents.