Civ Suggestion: Polynesia
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No, it isn't.
awesome
Meme Lord
The point isn't anything to do with ai Inca or ai Indonesia opening borders, it's that ai Polynesia won't play very well at all and will probably have only one city on whatever island they start on. The player is expected to play better and have be able to handle low production and open borders and all of that stuff.
honestly, this has all been said an average of at least once per page.
honestly, this has all been said an average of at least once per page.
ales_
Heir
This means that we should delete every AI civilization which doesn't play ideally?
There's no current civ which plays as badly as Polynesia would.
Who is this "we" you're talking about?
ales_
Heir
It's you. (It's sometimes difficult for me to formulate my thoughts in English.)
awesome
Meme Lord
There's a huge difference between "not ideal" and "not very well at all." For example, the Aztec ai might not settle new york, but it'll at least build a second city. The Polynesian ai probably won't even be able to do that because it has to transport a settler every single time.
ales_
Heir
There are civs which should (and can) settle on different continents.
Okay, then I guess I don't have to defend arguments others have made.
ales_
Heir
What do you want to say?
That I have nothing to do with the "AI Polynesia shouldn't be in because it would do poorly" angle.
ales_
Heir
So you think that it should be or it shouldn't be because of another reason?
ales_
Heir
It's easier to do an AI/human civ than a human. So, you need a reason to make Polynesia only human.
ales_
Heir
Ok...
cudfather
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How about scripting, say, 10 settler spawns for the AI. They would be separated into 3-4 groups (each group triggering at a different year, separated by periods of a hundred years). Then, one of the spawns in the group would be chosen at random.
Example:
It is year 1600. Three spawns are scripted: a settler on Samoa, Vanuatu or the Salomon Isles. One of them is chosen at random, say, Samoa. AI Polynesia gets a settler on that tile.
This is all, obviously, to enable variance in settling patterns from game to game. Additionally, conditions could be added to make sure the AI isn't getting a settler while unstable etc. As for the groups, another way to do it would be to have only once group, from which a spawn is removed upon happening.
Example:
It is year 1600. Three spawns are scripted: a settler on Samoa, Vanuatu or the Salomon Isles. One of them is chosen at random, say, Samoa. AI Polynesia gets a settler on that tile.
This is all, obviously, to enable variance in settling patterns from game to game. Additionally, conditions could be added to make sure the AI isn't getting a settler while unstable etc. As for the groups, another way to do it would be to have only once group, from which a spawn is removed upon happening.
Sanguivorant
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The mighty Leoreth has spoken! Your pleads are useless.
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