The AI and it's beloved diseases

**Darius** · 01-12-2005, 05:14

In every game that I've played, Rome gets the plague. Sooner or later, the Eternal City piles its dead by the thousands. However, there is no mourning in the city of Rome. In fact, they have come to embrace the disease. Now that the last 400 of their citizens have magically gained immortality for no apparent reason, and all their troops have fallen to the epidimic, they now have begun to horde plague carriers in the city so that the disease may remain forever.

Far be it for me to ridicule the decisions made by the Senators, who have undoubtedly been driven mad be their illness, but does the AI seem to be oblivious to the fact that they have the plague, or do they just not care? As if this isn't bad, I've witnessed Macedonia spread disease to nearly all of its settlements via my spy network. So unless somehow they KNEW I had been planning to invade and therefore decided to commit mass suicide by contracting plague, there is something seriously wrong here.

**Siris** · 01-12-2005, 05:26

Originally Posted by Darius

does the AI seem to be oblivious to the fact that they have the plague, or do they just not care?

What can you do when you get the plagues? Nothing but quaranteen, that is it, you cannot make it just go away, only time. So how the heck is the AI supposed to make it just "dissappear"?!

**Darius** · 01-12-2005, 05:37

If I want the plague to go away, I move the infected generals/spies/diplomats/assasins into the wilderness. If this is not done, then said individuals will then REINFECT the city once it has rid itself of the plague. This cycle will continue until all infected individuals are either dead, cured, or removed from the city.

**ulyanov** · 01-12-2005, 06:41

leaving a general in a city with the plague is ok - the city cleans up after 3 or 4 turns and the general will come good between 1 and 4 turns later.

Make him leave, then reenter will reaffect the city, and the general, effectively resetting the timer.

The AI, as you say, is good at infecting itself. It doesn't seem to have any quarantine routine built in at all.

**Red Harvest** · 01-12-2005, 07:11

Originally Posted by ulyanov

leaving a general in a city with the plague is ok - the city cleans up after 3 or 4 turns and the general will come good between 1 and 4 turns later.

I've tried that but it only works about 1/3rd of the time. I am beginning to wonder if retinue size is a factor. My generals with big retinues always seem to keep the plague until they die.

**Darius** · 01-12-2005, 07:31

Oh crap, I sure hope retinues dont get infected...I never thought of that...how in the world am i supposed to know if they are infected or not?!

**ulyanov** · 01-12-2005, 07:32

Originally Posted by Red Harvest

I've tried that but it only works about 1/3rd of the time. I am beginning to wonder if retinue size is a factor. My generals with big retinues always seem to keep the plague until they die.

I've never had a general take more than 4 turns to clear up.

I've certainly seen them die in that time, but more often than not they get better...