nzcamel
Nahtanoj the Magnificent
A semi-related idea came to my mind as I just finished a Hungary SV game on Deity. At around T160, I became sovereign of all city states that somewhat concerned me - obviously, the levy game gave me a huge amount of extra envoys but the sheer surplus of envoys made me wonder whether the AI participates in the CS quest mini-game. I couldn't find any concrete info on this, so my question stays open:
Are CS quests limited to the human players? It is absolutely sure that it's not a first-takes-it situation as objectives do not disappear unless the human player clear them. But is it possible for the AI to grab the envoy for completing a task (that obviously goes unnoticed by the player)? If the AI is ineligible to play this game, then there we have a huge assymetrical design point that gives significant advantage to the human player.
In my SP experience I don't win all the CS quests. Not even close. I guess it's possible there's a work around like some just get cancelled even if the AI don't fulfill them, so the human doesn't get them all. But other than that they must be picking them up.