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[krpeters]

Originally Posted by DeadlyShoe

One thing that makes AI games a lot easier is starting in a corner or safe map edge, I find that happens a lot with random starts for some reason. The AIs tear eachother up while the player just picks out targets and cleans up the mess which makes it 90000% easier.

Yeah, I try to play wraparound maps to avoid this advantage. With a corner start where I only have to deal with 1-2 AIs, it's not too hard to chew them up, digest, and expand with a monstrous empire base.

With random "ribbon" maps you can force this advantage. Just play with something 100 pixels tall and 2000 wide -- you'll only have 2AIs to deal with on either side at any time.

[rdonj]

Then try playing something like Asia Twist, and you can be attacked from all sides pretty easily.

[Saarud]

Well it's already been said but AI are really bad and with a game with so many different strategies AI will never be good. So I never compete against the AI instead I compete against myself. Usually I play on smaller maps (my favorite are without a doubt Dawn of Dominions which is the closest to a scenario there is) I choose a nation and then trying to "win" as fast as possible. Next time I play the same map with the same settings and trying to beat my last my record for winning as fast as possible. Yeah boring to most but that's how I always played games since the early '80s.