Recent content by Mezmorizor

It's a necro, but I couldn't find a more recent, popular ML AI thread. oSiezya is completely right here. You may think you want an ML AI in civ VI, but you don't. You really, really don't. It's going to go for the same optimal strategy every single game, and if you use the same strategies the...

I'll sometimes replay maps if I think there's something to be learned by doing it again, but reloads are for misclicks and computer crashes only. Anything beyond that is cheating as far as I'm concerned. Though it's worth mentioning that I'm a player who tries to win the largest percentage of...

On the whole I definitely agree. As an obvious example, why exactly do we need another way to claim territory that isn't founding a city? What does this actually add to the game? I don't see any benefit. The best strategy games are universally the ones with simple rules that interact with each...

Surprisingly the AI is actually pretty good with move, shoot, move units like what the huns have. I was mostly able to come out ahead in all the battles because I always kept reinforcements nearby. In a straight fight it would have decimated me despite army for army our power being similar. The...

It's grown on me a bit, but that just means I've gone from "I hate every hour I've sinked into this game" to "I guess it's worth trying if you like the genre". It's too easy to really be something that keeps you playing for a long time though. I'm not even a particularly strong civ IV player...

A big thing is that the "specialist economy" never really existed in any real form. It can be done in games that end very, very early (or merely early if you can build the pyramids) because it does take time for cottages to overtake it and Obsolete used to do a true wonder/SSE economy if you...