Does the AI do ANYTHING right?

[Budwise]

Well, does it?

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Let the debate begin.

[Budwise]

And you can't say the following-

Suck, cheat, all ally against you, showing random acts of stupidity...ect

[hoetje]

they block ports.....


(starts crying!)

[Mithradates]

When only united action will destroy you they will all immediately do that. Thats celver right?

[Bob the Insane]

It does the reglious warfare thing pretty well...

I have a hard time commenting on vanilla because I am play Lusted's LtC at the moment and AI is doing a pretty good job of making my life hard playing as the Byz.

As I stated in another thread, if only the Battlefield AI was more challenging I would be in serious trouble. But the fact that I can pretty much guarantee winning battles, unless I am very much out numbered, brings any deficiencies in the campaign AI into sharp focus.

[icek]

after defeat in suprise attack they imidiatelly go for ceasefire :lol:

[Odin]

they block ports.....


(starts crying!)

Yes, during war the AI does a very good job of blocking ports. So i would say that it does this right.

[Matt_Lane]

Personally I think the AI in the campeign is'nt too bad, I particularily like the way it will exploits weak points you have when it could be sending its units straight at your full stacks. As said above its most wanting on the Battlefield where its lack os strategy lets it down.

[Ramses II CP]

The AI is a highly accomplished builder of Thieves Guilds. I doubt that even if I made it a priority I could put a thieves guild in every single city in my empire.

[BoyarPunk]

They sure know how to saturate my provinces with priests (especially if they are Catholic and I'm not).

[Jasaray]

Well, does it?

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Let the debate begin.

Only by accident.

[dismal]

Actually all those senseless attacks and blockades do take a certain toll.

Lately it seems like I have been hit by a naval invasion from Sicily in turn 5 in 3 or 4 straight campaigns. In my current VH/VH France campaign, they landed near Marseille and took it. I mustered up an army and took it back, but they seem quite obsessed with Marseille, atacking it every 5 or 6 turns. The total gold I have spent garrisoning it and lost due to sieges and blockades over the years has to be in the 10,000's.

I don't think it has been a productive strategy for Sicily, but it has certainly been a drag on me.

[Zenicetus]

It does handle the non-combat stuff pretty well; things like religious "warfare", merchants, spies. I've had my plans for opening gates or assassinating family members foiled by finding 4 or 5 spies in a settlement. Maybe not the best use of the AI's resources, but it was a tough nut to crack.

The big letdowns are mostly in how it decides to put together and use military units on the campaign map. I swear if I see another stack of nothing but artillery plus one captain, I'm gonna scream....

[Skott]

The AI does have its moment of brilliances at times. I notice this more when playing LtC or TLR mods though. The Vanilla game is inferior to the mods IMHO.

[supadodo]

Hmm...full stacks of pavise crossbows and italian spear militia that pop out all over Venice and Milan like daisies in spring.