Mysteries of the Temples

[Turbo]

I have been trying to decipher how the AI determines which temple to build. Initially I was under the opinion that the AI randomly selected a temple for each city. In play I noticed that the AI seems to be fairly consistent in building the same temple for a given faction.

I started-restarted a game using vanilla RTW (no mods) and observed the gauls about 8 times. The gauls consistently picked the hunting temple (with the missile bonus) for all their cities.

If the AI does not randomly pick a temple, a possible improvement in AI gameplay may be to start the AI out with shrines of the better temples (those with better bonuses).

[Sinner]

Ugh, that's really bad news... especially for the Gauls! The Epona line of temples give them experience bonuses for new troops making it overall a far better choice for a recruitment settlement.

I'm glad now I play with a modded starting setup and assign temples to most settlements anyway.

[Monkwarrior]

I have been trying to decipher how the AI determines which temple to build. Initially I was under the opinion that the AI randomly selected a temple for each city. In play I noticed that the AI seems to be fairly consistent in building the same temple for a given faction.

I started-restarted a game using vanilla RTW (no mods) and observed the gauls about 8 times. The gauls consistently picked the hunting temple (with the missile bonus) for all their cities.

If the AI does not randomly pick a temple, a possible improvement in AI gameplay may be to start the AI out with shrines of the better temples (those with better bonuses).

Did you try to change the behaviour of the faction?
I mean, perhaps if gauls were fortified Napoleon instead of religious Smith their choice of temple would be different.
It is only a suggestion.
Cheers.

[Turbo]

Did you try to change the behaviour of the faction?
I mean, perhaps if gauls were fortified Napoleon instead of religious Smith their choice of temple would be different.
It is only a suggestion.
Cheers.

I tried it on fortified genghis and comfortable smith behavior settings. The result was the same.