An improved AI... but what's missing?

[bonafide11]

For me, Blake's AI improvements brought back my Civ addiction. Before, the game was too easy and the AI was too stupid to make it a challenge. But now, I have went down to Prince from Monarch and I still face a challenge because of the more intelligent AI. With that said, however, the AI remains to have some significant problems that need to be addressed.

For instance, they still make poor decisions with their great persons. Who, besides the AI, creates a Golden Age with their great persons? Even worse, I played a game with Mao on my borders, and he founded Judaism right near my capital. Mao spent the game spreading his religion to various cities throughout the continent. Almost the entire continent was Jewish and so it would have been a huge bonus to get the Jewish monument (Temple of Soloman? I forget...) in his holy city. Instead, what does he do with a Great Prophet when he one is finally born? He starts a Golden Age! Clearly the Holy City's special building will generate more commerce over the game than the Golden Age. What do I care? Because I was his neighbor and I intended to eventually take that holy city, but it does me no good because I didn't have any great prophets.

So, that's my rant about the improved, but still not perfect, AI. Their military campaigns still leave a lot to be desired too. I would like to see them make more aggressive attacks and go for cities instead of just pillaging everything.

What else about the AI is still lacking?

 

[Uncle_Joe]

Are you referring to the Better AI mod or to his improvements that were incorporated into the 2.08 patch?

 

[Mutineer]

Golden agess could be a good idea, after your empire grow big enogth.

You can uprohimatly calculate when it become betetre then use GP any other way.

AI empires tend to be big fast, so for them it is not that bad.

 

[kniteowl]

Actually Blake Improve the AI's Usage of Great People after the 2.08 patch (It was my suggestion on the Apolyton Forum) So if your Looking for a Competent AI properly using it's great People you'll have to mod in Blake Better AI.

I had a Game with Blakes Better AI where the AI picked up Conf and Toa Religions in one turn (this is the same AI), I'd assume the AI got COL with Oracle and Philosophy with a GS and that was on Prince Level significantly before 1AD.

There was no Military AI impovements in the 2.08 patch, If you want an AI who's better at war, use the Better AI mod