Wacky_Warrior
Chieftain
I think most players of Civ, sooner or later, will see the AI do some impressively dumb things. That said, you can (if the moon is just right and you really believe) see it do something that easily establishes a new standard for stupid. I'm watching William van Oranje do that now, and it inspired the question behind the thread.
I'm playing prince (my second game at this level), epic, archipelago and I'm Elizabeth. My strategy for this game is to get an oil-fired navy as fast as possible and just kill everything with it. I fought one early war (from which Suleiman never recovered), but haven't actually conquered anything. I now have frigates and Privateers, and decided I needed the additional income so I sent out the privateers to do what they do best. None of the other Civs have anything better than caravels, so my privateers are safe for a little while.
I have one sitting off Amsterdam (he's been there a few turns) and the longer I watch this the more I laugh. WvO only has a single city to work with and apparently he's decided to defend it with... triremes. He now has 16 of the little buggers hiding in there. Along with one longbow, a mace and a galley. Yes, I'm assembling a fleet to relieve WvO of the responsiblity of managing this city .
This is, by a big amount, the dumbest thing I've ever seen the AI do. I'm sure, though, that people have seen better, and I think it will be fun to share our stories of just how stupid the AI can be.
Cheers.
I'm playing prince (my second game at this level), epic, archipelago and I'm Elizabeth. My strategy for this game is to get an oil-fired navy as fast as possible and just kill everything with it. I fought one early war (from which Suleiman never recovered), but haven't actually conquered anything. I now have frigates and Privateers, and decided I needed the additional income so I sent out the privateers to do what they do best. None of the other Civs have anything better than caravels, so my privateers are safe for a little while.
I have one sitting off Amsterdam (he's been there a few turns) and the longer I watch this the more I laugh. WvO only has a single city to work with and apparently he's decided to defend it with... triremes. He now has 16 of the little buggers hiding in there. Along with one longbow, a mace and a galley. Yes, I'm assembling a fleet to relieve WvO of the responsiblity of managing this city .
This is, by a big amount, the dumbest thing I've ever seen the AI do. I'm sure, though, that people have seen better, and I think it will be fun to share our stories of just how stupid the AI can be.
Cheers.