Describe the "personality" of each leader/civ (when controlled by the computer).

[The Tollan]

Describe the "personality" of each leader/civ (when controlled by the computer). I know that there is not necessarily an exact way that a given civilization will always act however what directions do certain leaders usually head? What strategies do they follow? How do they usually interact with player civilizations?

How do you form alliances with certain leaders or get them to like you? How do you counter them in battle?

 

[Janos]

Catherine is very stingy - doesn't give techs or trade much with me in any of my games.

Isabella seems to have taken a fancy to going to war against me or generally being hostile.

Alexander i usually seem to get along with.

Saladin is touch-and-go.

Gandhi is a wiley old bloke, you can never quite tell with him - but he's no pushover!

Caesar is generally friendly towards me in games.

That's all i can think of for now, and these are based on my games i've played.

 

[LabMonster]

Cleopatra is a ***** but i removed her

Bismark is ironically very friendly (and i was french!)

um bleh i think personalities are random

 

[stoicfaux]

Catherine the Great: "Is that a treaty in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"

Ceasar: "Would you like some salad? I made it myself."

 

[NickSD]

Tokugawa from the Japanese civilization is the most warlike motherbleeper in the game IMO. No matter what I do, what civ I play or how nice I am to him, he is angry and wants war.

Saladin will expand his Caliphate by any means neccesary, but is also honest about it and gives you good, moral deals.

Alexander and Caesar are both moderately warlike.

Hatshepsut will not give me a fair deal. Ever. I hate her personally.

Nick

 

[Grand Fromage]

I find that Isabella, Montezuma, and Gandhi will go out of their way to make trouble for you and start wars whenever possible. Caesar, Frederick, Bismarck and FDR will generally keep out of your way. Alexander, Peter and Huyana Capac tend to be easy to ally with. Tokugawa and Napoleon are complete wildcards that have no discernable pattern of behavior.

The rest I haven't pinned down yet. But my current Civ policy is that I hate and will nuke Gandhi at the earliest available opportunity.

 

[NickSD]

LOL!! Gandhi is warlike???

 

[sinaarrgghh]

In 3 games on the trot I've been next to Catherine and she will never trade techs. She is fairly easy to get to into war though. Will even goto war against her friends for a cost. Flirting money grabber that she is!

 

[NickSD]

Yeah, if you try to trade techs with her she will literally *****SLAP you! LOL!

And my didn't she undergo an extreme makeover since Civ3! She can conquer me any day! Heh heh heh.....

 

[Abacus]

I've been lucky I guess. Catherine has appeared in EVERY game I've played, and I usually make her my best ally. Hey, who can resist being slapped around a little by a pretty girl?

Once she likes me she always trades techs.

 

[Melkus]

Gandhi is NOT warlike in my game. He's the guy who will sit, research and build culture, sail along in 2nd o 3rd place, then take over the lead if you are so foolish to get yourself in a silly war. Reliable friend. (Most wars are silly in CIV and are won by the Civs who don't participate.)
I have a feeling that the traits constitute a good part of the personality. Spiritual civs tend to get angry about heathen religions (they also seem somewhat stubborn, esp. Isabella) , aggressive guys will go to war even if you have good relations if they sense weakness. (Be very careful with Alexander.)
Personally I like Hatty, she's difficult but cute.
Louis XIV once walked a stack over a good part of a standard map just to get my isolated city and razed it for no reason.We hadn't even spoken before. Possibly mad. He's my pet hate since that incident.
The strangest thing to me is that both Germans seem to be reasonable guys, just fine to get along with.

 

[Rabbit_Alex]

Isabella hates me no matter what I do.

 

[WetWarev7]

It sounds alot like the AI personality is rather random. All those that use the "AI Random personality" option raise your hand!

 

[pilight]

Tokugawa from the Japanese civilization is the most warlike motherbleeper in the game IMO. No matter what I do, what civ I play or how nice I am to him, he is angry and wants war.

I have the same results. He's annoyed right off the bat and won't even do Open Borders most of the time. If left alive, he always comes to attack me later.

 

[suspendinlight]

I use random personalities so my opinion doesn't mean much, but...

Even though everyone else hates her, Isabella always seems to end up the same religion as me so I ally with her.
Alexander and Saladin are my most dangerous opponents. Saladin usually befriends me initially and then later switches religions or just decides that I need to be wiped off the map. Alexander just always hates me and insists on carrying on wars with me even if he has to cross 8 other civs' lands to do it.
Caesar is often my neighbor and never gets into wars with me, but doesn't tend to trade or help me at all either.
For some reason Montezuma is a pushover and I always destroy him or at least take half of his cities.
I hate Louis XIV's music so I try to avoid diplomacy with him if at all possible.

 

[Grand Fromage]

LOL!! Gandhi is warlike???

It's absolutely bizarre. The only more aggressive leader in the game is Montezuma. Gandhi I can occasionally pacify and leave off to the side, but I don't think I've ever managed to get any + to my diplomatic relationship with Montezuma.

 

[EridanMan]

Good thread

Isabella - "Whine... *****... Moan... Fine Then I'll attack... Wait, crap! I'm loosing... PEACE! PEACE! PEACE" - Its happened now in 3 games... she's a whiny little b*tch.

Gandhi - "Could you help me? Please? Help? I mean... help? I really need it... Please?" - I was on a continent with the Chinese and the Indians who were constantly at war... China asked me once to join... Gandhi asked 3-4 times.

Chinese - "We will own Juo!!! Sure you're rampaging tanks through our homeland, but tremble in fear at my onslaught of *4* knights!... you're going down now!"... He had fun with that for about 5 turns before I finally spared the tanks to go clean them out.

 

[EmperorNapoleon]

Great thread. Remember that they are reacting to you, so if you have a warmonger Gandhi you are probably provoking him lol.

Alexander is easy to ally with, but a deadly enemy.

Louis is a nice guy imo - He's very polite when he takes over your empire, but he also makes a steadfast friend.

Isabella is very aggressive if I'm a heathen towards her.

Catherine is stingy until you make friends, then she'll do anything for you

Cyrus is very trustworthy from what I've seen.

 

[Woobi]

Montezuma is a piece of ****...

I hate that man...

Every time, every game, he is always in it and always at war with me...

This is why Civ is bad...

Because of Civ III if I meet a Persian I will slap him...

I don't want to have to slap any Aztecians...

 

[Artisokka]

I have also found Montezuma to be the most aggressive one. Btw, does anyone else get the "Sideshow Bob"-feel from him? -from both the looks and his personality, that is...
Alexander and Caesar are also quite often the ones starting wars.
In several games, I have quite easily gotten good relationships with Gandhi and Hatshepsut.