Does the ai always end up like this in late game

**Askthepizzaguy** · 02-02-2009, 23:12

I think I got past turn 90 once, but that was during my pre-blitzer era, and I wanted to destroy the Timurids as well as the Mongols.

Mostly my games end by turn 50 or sooner. I am not actually familiar with a late-game AI.

I would like to fight against an enormous AI faction, assuming they aren't my neighbors from the start. I wonder if I could mod the starting parameters to do that...

**Noncommunist** · 02-08-2009, 22:03

Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

I think I got past turn 90 once, but that was during my pre-blitzer era, and I wanted to destroy the Timurids as well as the Mongols.

Mostly my games end by turn 50 or sooner. I am not actually familiar with a late-game AI.

I would like to fight against an enormous AI faction, assuming they aren't my neighbors from the start. I wonder if I could mod the starting parameters to do that...

One time, I was playing Milan and I decided to try to be a hermit kingdom for a while. So I went to Ajaccio and Cagliari and settled there. Then, I moved my faction to the new world in 1400. After conquering the Aztecs, I sent stuff back to Europe and found that Spain owned all the world except for bits of the middle east, Rome, and England. If that repeatedly happens, maybe you could try that.

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 02-09-2009, 17:34

I am currently playing a very interesting campaign. Like my last one (see the Wrath of Caen thread) I am playing Portugal. I quickly conquered the Iberian peninsula and the two southern regions of France; Toulouse and Bordeaux. Then I expanded very slowly eastwards into Northern Africa and took the three islands Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. When the Mongols arrived I had also Acre and Cypress. I am the strongest power but the second power is Russia which controls Russia and everything north of Antioch. I have never seen the Russians move so deep into the Middle East. The Byzantines played their role of dying power excellent and are in control of Nicaea, Smirna, the Crimea and Thessalonica. They lost Constantinople first to a Jihad and then to a crusade. In the center of the map is the HRE a huge power. They have everything north of the Alps and have expanded up to Bran. They have Poland as their vassal!! The British Isles have turned blue and are now called the United Kingdom of Scotland. The English have moved into Scandinavia and are slowly losing ground to the HRE, Scotland and Portugal (me). The Mongols have lost their teeth trying to take Acre of me and have Jerusalem as their capital. Milan was quite some power until the Portuguese decided that enough is enough and they have now almost all of Italy under control. Milan is left with Milan and it is about to fall.

The current faction standing is:
1. Portugal (me)
2. Russia
3. Scotland
4. HRE
5. England

Soon the Plague will come and then the Timurids will meet their doom

**lsteve** · 02-09-2009, 21:15

I played a campaign once with the Aztecs, just 450 times pressing END TURN, and you'll get some major AI challenges. Like this one:

If you want some sight off evolution:

**Von Nanega** · 02-09-2009, 21:52

That is when you step in, as a lone rebel force, and kill the hated Milane overlords!

**Old Geezer** · 02-10-2009, 22:20

Thanks for the screenshots, Isteve. I have never seen such huge AI factions, and in succession too! What version/mod was it? I can't imagine how Egypt did so well and I haven't ever seen Milan do anything like that.

**lsteve** · 02-22-2009, 19:59

Originally Posted by Old Geezer

Thanks for the screenshots, Isteve. I have never seen such huge AI factions, and in succession too! What version/mod was it? I can't imagine how Egypt did so well and I haven't ever seen Milan do anything like that.

Its just in vanilla, 1.3 I think. I just didn't interfered in the game. I was amased how Milan kicked those Mongol and Timurids butt. They didn't have a chance.

I've a campaign as Russia: Scotland has the isles. Spain has Iberia and France, and Egypt again the Middle-east and Turkey (exept Tiblisi? (spelling???), the castle above Yerevan, it has the last full stack off Byzantines).
The Scots invaded Antwerp, the Spannish attacked at Bern, and the Egyptians declared a Jihad on Constantinople. Since then I'm on the move: defending at Constantinople, kicked Spain out off northern France, captured the rest off Italy and Tunis.
And sent my best army on the isles. My 16 triple gold chevron Kazaks took out every Scottish army, boats blocked their ports: The Scots are almost no more.... I like it when the AI gets angry.