The ai doesn't understand it needs to expand.
There is almost no barbarian on the map. Only a few lairs and mammoths, and later frostlings when the Illians summon them, so building up should be a priority.
What does the ai do during this time (I'm early in the game, having changed civs 3 or 4 times only)?
Falamar stays on his island instead of settling other islands. I lost control of him just one turn before settling his fifth city ( I had built 2 ), and am not sure what he's going to do with the settler but building settlers or cottages doesn't seem to appeal him much.
Decius seems to know only one thing: Build units. In my case I got him RoK, and he's been busy building Soldiers of Kilmorph like crazy, although he also started building vampires, he should definitely have setup more cities, so the vampires could eat a bit.
Rhoanna I didn't take control of after my first try so I don't know what she did, but she doesn't seem to have screwed up anything yet.
I didn't see much of the Bannor, but they haven't been building many cities either.
There is almost no barbarian on the map. Only a few lairs and mammoths, and later frostlings when the Illians summon them, so building up should be a priority.
What does the ai do during this time (I'm early in the game, having changed civs 3 or 4 times only)?
Falamar stays on his island instead of settling other islands. I lost control of him just one turn before settling his fifth city ( I had built 2 ), and am not sure what he's going to do with the settler but building settlers or cottages doesn't seem to appeal him much.
Decius seems to know only one thing: Build units. In my case I got him RoK, and he's been busy building Soldiers of Kilmorph like crazy, although he also started building vampires, he should definitely have setup more cities, so the vampires could eat a bit.
Rhoanna I didn't take control of after my first try so I don't know what she did, but she doesn't seem to have screwed up anything yet.
I didn't see much of the Bannor, but they haven't been building many cities either.