Quote Originally Posted by Kraggenmor
I've said it before and will again: I understand the AI needing an edge here and there to compete with the human player but, such obvious 'screw the player' coding is OTT.
Or is it that they come in usually around Baghdad, so will go for the Turks or Egyptians first? I'm playing as the Turks right now and will reload to an earlier game. Rather than completely eliminate the Byzantines, I probably should have made peace, keeping a buffer between them and Hungary, and focussed on Egypt instead to prepare for the Mongol invasion by Baghdad. They just came in with too many stacks. Ultimately taking Antioch and more. It's a money problem too. I've got to improve my economy skills. Once I can handle them, then dealing with the Timurids is another level more difficult. Hopefully, the skills I develop to get rid of the Mongols will work against the Timurids.

Also, the religious unrest in Byzantium (e.g., Thessalonica) makes holding these cities difficult at such a critical point. Expansion into Egypt would seem a better choice at that point (after capturing Constantinople, and perhaps Thessalonica). Maybe giving the latter city back to them (after sacking it) would be suitable to make peace.