NeverMan -> The AI (6/7/2008 4:52:46 PM)
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I just started my second AI game (I had played France before with v1.00) and now I am playing Austria with v1.02k. The AI seems to be improved in the sense that it doesn't do nearly as many "stupid" things. By stupid, I mean anything that puts itself in harms way and is totally moronic. That said, the AI doesn't do any "smart" things either. I am in June 1805 and right now it looks like this: France and GB start at war: normal. Russia DOWs Turkey: OK, that's not out of the ordinary, except Russia does not have any of it's Corps in position to do any combat with Turkey any time soon, so it basically is just eating PP at the moment. France declares war on Russia. ????? Why? France is not at war with Prussia or Austria, has no means AT ALL to get to Russia to do any damage to the Czar. This move is just another "eating PP" move. ALONG with this then Prussia came to Russia's call against France. This might not be a total bone head move depending on how you see the situation, but it's not a move I would make this early in the game and since France cannot put any direct pressure on Russia, Prussia is giving France it's only means of getting PP back from DOWing Russia. Spain DOWs Turkey. Again, not a bone head move, except that now Turkey has called France and then Spain has called GB. France is now at war with GB, Spain, Prussia and Russia all in June 1805. Now, here comes the crazy part: Prussia DOWs Turkey. ???????????? WHAT????? LOL. This makes NO SENSE at all. Some might employ this move later in the game if they are doing REALLY WELL as Prussia, personally, I've never had the inclination to go all the way down to Turkey to do combat considering France and Russia are so close, especially not in 1805. OK, so now the world is in Chaos right? WRONG. None of these nations are actually in any position to do combat with each other. There are no land combats happening. Turkey is sitting with it's corps spread all over Allah's brown earth, Russia doesn't have Corps anywhere near Turkey, France is just chillin out, Spain is doing nothing, GB is doing nothing and Prussia is doing nothing. What am I doing you might ask? Gathering minors, what else? Since no other country seems all that interested in getting money and manpower I will. I have all of Italy at the moment (Spain didn't contend for Naples AT ALL). France doesn't seem interested in Italy either. I have Baden, Bavaria, Wuttermburg and Swabia, no contention there either. My bottom line: the AI doesn't seem as boneheaded as it once might have, but it has a long way to go. I hope it gets there.
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