AI Reduced?

[Roghar]

I've also noticed it as being quite poor in Shadow - only in my first game (Prince) but everyone around me is pathetic. I had a terrible start getting pummelled by the raging barbs, one city only for a long time. Its now near turn 300 and the enemy are defending with warriors everywhere. It took until about 250 for a secdond religion to be founded. I'm not sure why its worse than 0.25, is the AI confused by some of the new stuff?

 

[DeaExMachina]

People seem to say on Noble its fine but other difficulties it failz. I'm going to load up a game on Noble and see how the AI reacts. I'm tired of facing off against Civs who defend their empire with 1 warrior and 1 scout per city when I'm well past turn 300.

 

[Bitwise]

People seem to say on Noble its fine but other difficulties it failz. I'm going to load up a game on Noble and see how the AI reacts. I'm tired of facing off against Civs who defend their empire with 1 warrior and 1 scout per city when I'm well past turn 300.

Playing on Noble I had some good rivalries in my last game, but I just attributed it to me being awful.

 

[princecharles]

Heh, the Elohim have decided to piss me off. First, they got Svartartalfar to declare on me, then they managed to raise the AC to 40(they adopted Ashen Veil after the sheaim spreaded it to their lands), and then, as the world burned around them, they cast Sanctuary. I won't be able to attack for 30 turns or so, and have Elohim and Svartalfar troops using guerilla tactics against me. And I was so close to taking their last 3 cities...