DakaSha
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gp1628 said:DakaSha said:gp1628 said:Gandalf thats a load of shit. The game itself tells you that it gives gold and recource bonuses. The AI doesnt seem very smart because it is SHIT. It has nothing to do with 'random surprise element'. Its just shit. It pics random scales and magic paths in a game where random scales can mean (as you put it yourself) death before you even reach them.
I love dominions 3 but its computer opponent cheats and is STILL incredibly easy to beat on impossible (as long as you survive the first turns the ai sends armies 5x the size of yours due to said cheating)
People dont even fall for the bias you show for the AI on the shrapnel forums (which is full of dom3 fanboys). It is generally accepted that the AI is trash.
Bullshit. Obviously you are talking from the forum you espouse which is full of multiplayers. The game supports more solo players than MPers so the AI must have something going for it.
Logical fallacy
Most MPers train for MP by playing their test games with the Independents set way high, which trashes the AI. For best AI test you have to play with Indepts low. Then see if the AI doesnt do better.
Played like that and with better independents. Ai is trash
As far as cheating, it depends on your point of view. I dont consider the AI starting out with bonuses to getting bonuses to be cheating. Its just another game balance like each of the nations getting a special ability. AI gets gold and resource boost.
lol?
In fact, many of the soloers say to turn the resource, gold, supply settings higher for improving the AI.
Uhm... yes because it sucks ass and needs the (cheat) boost?
In most game programming forums the concept of the AI cheating refers to the AI using knowledge that the player doesnt have.
Nope. Cheat does not receive a different meaning in programmer circles. Cheat = cheat. Moot point anyways because if you want to call it a 'balance' feature or 'boost' it doesnt change the fact that the AI cant do well without the [INSERT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT HERE] (Or even with it for that matter)
Its very easy to let the AI cheat in order to make it better. The AI is part of the game program, so anything the game knows the AI also knows. Getting an AI to act only on AI knowledge such as finding out where the enemy is or who is in the lead is very difficult.
Yes. It is very difficult. And Dominions is the perfect example of just how difficult it. The AI sucks badly.