Underestimate the AI: Reap the consequences.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Alexi:
it wouldn't make sense to program two seperate combat algorythms for the human players and the AI controlled players. Dominions is all about role playing accuracy. And as far as I can see, there's no sense in one army behaving differently then another simply because it's controlled by the computer.

Actually, this is untrue. It makes perfect sense: The AI's combat algorithms are often more sophisticated specifically because it has to oppose you, whereas the "friendly force" algorithms are simplistic and designed to, at best, make a feeble attempt to prod the player, who's supposed to be playing the game, in the right direction. If the AI did everything for you, you wouldn't need to play the game. In Soviet Russia, the game plays you!

[ August 03, 2004, 00:46: Message edited by: Norfleet ]