Annoying death magic

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:
I have never seen the AI cast a spell on friendlies that already had the spell cast on them

Then you have been living in a Dom 2 paradise, which I envy, for I'm not the only person to see the AI repeat castings on the caster, or upon others.

[Argitoth]

If the AI was setup so that a mage would not cast anything if it wasn't in range, my strategy would be ruined. I depend on that.

I've noticed if you script a mage to cast the same spell over aand over, it will usually continue to do that (with the exception of smarter spells here and there). The AI isn't as bad as you think...

..But I am always with the people who want AI improvement.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Arryn:
I have. Only mage on my side, and no troops within even range 25. The mage *could* have cast Incinerate ...

If there were no troops within range 25, then it couldn't cast incinerate. That's its range.

EDIT: the mage could also cast Paralyze and Soul Slay, but didn't.

Which patch were you using when you saw this behaviour?

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Argitoth:
If the AI was setup so that a mage would not cast anything if it wasn't in range, my strategy would be ruined. I depend on that.

If your "strategy" is to count on the AI fatiguing itself, or other such stupid behaviors, you're only cheating yourself by using what is basically an exploit. Against a human you'll be waxed and polished.

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:

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Originally posted by Arryn:
I have. Only mage on my side, and no troops within even range 25. The mage *could* have cast Incinerate ...

If there were no troops within range 25, then it couldn't cast incinerate. That's its range.

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None of *my* troops. It was a SC pretender, solo. There were plenty of enemies in range.

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EDIT: the mage could also cast Paralyze and Soul Slay, but didn't.

Which patch were you using when you saw this behaviour?

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2.06

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Arryn:
If your "strategy" is to count on the AI fatiguing itself, or other such stupid behaviors, you're only cheating yourself by using what is basically an exploit. Against a human you'll be waxed and polished.

No, his strategy is to rely on his own mages casting spells as often as possible, such as the very useful raise skeletons/drain life/ raise skeletons/drain life combo that the AI is very good at doing.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Arryn:
None of *my* troops. It was a SC pretender, solo. There were plenty of enemies in range.

As you've pointed out though, this wa in 2.06, so it doesn't really apply.

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Which patch were you using when you saw this behaviour?

2.06

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Have you seen the same behaviour after the verson 2.08 changes to the spell selection heuristic? You really can't use the old examples when the AI _is_ being changed with every patch.