Consensus on AI in Civ5

[whyidie]

Originally Posted by Zombie69

Hello guys. I haven't tried Civ5 yet because I heard the AI was terrible, especially when it comes to tactics in combat. What's the consensus on its current state with the latest patch? Also, are there mods to make it better?

Combat AI is now on par if not better than 4. Bad AI is more noticeable as there are generally less units in play unless you're playing at higher levels.

Vanilla was poorly implemented IMO. 100hp also helped to mask fundamental AI weaknesses.

As for thread title, consensus ? Those who don't like it think it sucks. Those who are willing to live with it are living with it.

[Mrdarklight]

I think the AI is fine in regard to diplomacy, building, settling, etc., but the combat AI is atrocious.

Example: I was playing against Mongolia and they built two cities on my continent. I didn't think much of it, until they declared war on me and about 30 units came into my territory. The AI had planned ahead for an attack and executed it brilliantly.

Then the war started, and he spent three turns shuffling units back and forth in my territory without attacking once. I used the opportunity to whittle down his forces with arty and gatlings. If he had just attacked with what he had I probably would have lost, but he just endlessly repositioned his units.