question about ai spellcasting

[Endoperez]

Yes, mages don't use gems to cast spells when they deem the opposing force inferior.

The reason for this is that if this didn't happen, casting "Call of the Winds" or similar spell to your army before major battle would make your mages waste their gems against a bunch of Black Hawks. It used to happen all the time in the original Dominions. There are still some problems with the current system; I understand that the AI sometimes refuses to use gems against a force that's small in numbers but very effective, like group of supercombatant commanders.