Best AI, please.

[oudysseos]

Uh, lionhard, the signature bars that say "Member" on them are reserved for team members. You will have to change that ASAP.

[Cute Wolf]

Uh, lionhard, the signature bars that say "Member" on them are reserved for team members. You will have to change that ASAP.

lol.... poor lionhard... maybe you better ask for a first before using the signature pikkie... as we are only regular visitor here...

[Ludens]

In my experience: playing the KH with BI.exe will give you both proper and pointless naval invasions. The pointless ones are when the Romani send a few crappy units to siege Corinth (this occurs even when they still haven't taken Taras). The proper ones happen when your alliance with the Ptolemaioi is broken (which happens inevitably when they take Halicarnassos: they never garrison it properly and it rebels to you) and they land a huge stack on Rhodos.

[paleologos]

So, generally speaking BI is somewhat smarter than Alx?
In the big picture is it the most challenging?

[Zarax]

I wouldn't call it smarter, it just has bias on different functions.

[paleologos]

Does BI get to be more challenging?

[Ludens]

Does BI get to be more challenging?

Yes, but not always in a good way. As I wrote, the A.I. can do strong naval invasions, but they will also start wars by making stupid, undermanned attacks, like the Romani on Corinth in my campaigns. Since we had no land borders and the Romani weren't in a position to hold Corinth, the war was over as soon as I wiped out their petty forces, and the attack was essentially pointless. However, it did mean I had to patch up relations or lose a trade-partner, and a few dozen turns down the line they would try it again. For me, that's frustrating rather than challenging.

I am sorry that I can't give you a clear yes or no: it depends on your tolerance for such things. I switched back to vanilla R:TW. I imagine, though, that when playing a faction that would require naval invasions (Carthage and Rome for the Punic wars, Casse and nearby factions), BI could be an improvement. I maintain, though, that there is no other difference between the A.I. of R:TW and BI.

[lionhard]

lol.... poor lionhard... maybe you better ask for a first before using the signature pikkie... as we are only regular visitor here...

sulk :(

[oudysseos]

Well, sorry, but "Member" means member of the Team - and that is pretty well known everywhere. But no biggie as I'm sure it was an honest mistake. There are lots of legitimate signature bars for you to choose from on the EB website.