AI --- Cheating? Nah!

[CoolLizy]

Hey, all! Here's an excerpt from a chat with a Civ AI coder!

[Soren_Johnson_Firaxis] [...] I am glad you brought this up. The AI get NO combat bonuses of any kind at any difficulty level. I understand that many people have a hard time believe this but let me give an anecdote [...] at one point in the project, people complained that combat was unfair, so I said I would change some things, and what I did was give the _human_ a combat bonus. Then people told me that combat was once again "fair." It is all in the eye of the beholder

 

[Magnus]

I think if you fight stupidly, then you will lose, but if your tactics are smart on, you will succeed. That's why Civ3 is so refreshing - combat can truly be a frightening test of wills!

 

[Easy Rhino]

heh, lots of games get accused of cheating.

I told a coworker (and Civ3 player) that the Civ3 AI doesn't cheat. He said "yeah, I agree, they don't cheat. But they're also playing some totally different game than the player's".


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