unas876
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I have looked around a little and didn't find much on the topic. Anyways, I have seen it now multiple times that certain users have described Justinian as the best AI in the game and I think Lain also mentioned it in one of his videos.
My question is: why do people think Justinian is the best AI? What are the metrics? Is there a list about the best AI in the game?
I can think of some metrics myself:
-First impression. For example Ghandi is a great techer but he has a terrible first impression with most other leaders in the game and especially the warmongers usually start pummeling him pretty early in the game.
-Traits. PHI will be more useful to the AI than PRO just the same as for the human player. On the other hand, Justinian doesn't have the best traits ever, although you could consider IMP good for a Deity AI since they can expand quickly without much maintenance and IMP helps tremendously with that.
-UU, UB. Obvious.
-Trade restrictions. Leaders that don't easily OB don't get TRs (Toku). Leaders that are stingy with techs won't advance through the tech tree (Toku). Similar with trading resources.
-Slider balance. Some AI seem to run their sliders in a weird manner. For example SB typically seems to run his spy slider higher than his research slider or at least you'd think that since he constantly poisons everyones water.
-Unit build rate. If you don't build many units you're more likely to get wrecked in any potential war. On the other hand you don't have to pay much unit maintenance, but afaik Deity AI barely pay maintenance for those anyway.
-Favorite tile improvement. You'd assume that AI that cottage their rivers would do better than those that build farms everywhere. But that doesn't seem to be linear. There are strong AI that have different favorite tile improvements.
-War thresholds. Will an AI be considered more successful if it goes to war easily or seldomly? You'd think a middle ground would be best so that they can be strong techers but also dangerous.
There must be a few more, as can be seen in the Know Your Enemy topic in the Strategy Articles, but the ones I listed seem to be important.
My question is: why do people think Justinian is the best AI? What are the metrics? Is there a list about the best AI in the game?
I can think of some metrics myself:
-First impression. For example Ghandi is a great techer but he has a terrible first impression with most other leaders in the game and especially the warmongers usually start pummeling him pretty early in the game.
-Traits. PHI will be more useful to the AI than PRO just the same as for the human player. On the other hand, Justinian doesn't have the best traits ever, although you could consider IMP good for a Deity AI since they can expand quickly without much maintenance and IMP helps tremendously with that.
-UU, UB. Obvious.
-Trade restrictions. Leaders that don't easily OB don't get TRs (Toku). Leaders that are stingy with techs won't advance through the tech tree (Toku). Similar with trading resources.
-Slider balance. Some AI seem to run their sliders in a weird manner. For example SB typically seems to run his spy slider higher than his research slider or at least you'd think that since he constantly poisons everyones water.
-Unit build rate. If you don't build many units you're more likely to get wrecked in any potential war. On the other hand you don't have to pay much unit maintenance, but afaik Deity AI barely pay maintenance for those anyway.
-Favorite tile improvement. You'd assume that AI that cottage their rivers would do better than those that build farms everywhere. But that doesn't seem to be linear. There are strong AI that have different favorite tile improvements.
-War thresholds. Will an AI be considered more successful if it goes to war easily or seldomly? You'd think a middle ground would be best so that they can be strong techers but also dangerous.
There must be a few more, as can be seen in the Know Your Enemy topic in the Strategy Articles, but the ones I listed seem to be important.