Has the AI gotten sentient?

[Mr. Grieves]

The AI has just outsmarted me. Sort of.

I was playing as Rome, making friends and collecting all Holy Cities on my continent. I first exterminated Pedro, left Gustavus with two cities and parked my army near Washington's borders.

Instead of Washington asking me about my troops on his doorstep, I suddenly got DOWed by Sweden. Mixed feelings of admiration for his bravery and anger towards his insolence rushed through my mind, and I finally decided to move my entire army to go crush him first.

Wrong move, because Washy attacked me the very next turn with a decent sized army, (including two American Musketmen, isn't that the most tragic CS gift ever?) and I suddenly found myself defending from two sides, while standing on several marsh tiles.

Is this just a random circumstance of events, or did the American AI actually intend to lure me into a badly defensible flank? Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Anyway, this has got to be the best move I have ever seen the AI make, including the single time the AI ever nuked me.

 

[sendos]

I'd say it was a coincidence. Should've just sent a smaller force from elsewhere to keep an eye on Sweden.

 

[joncnunn]

Mostly a coincidence; but you did apply the coup de grace to Pedro and apparently DOWed two players which will cause most AIs to get upset with you.
(All but the ones that don't mind war mongers)

 

[reddishrecue]

The AIs knew you killed someone and double/triple dowed you.

 

[Mr. Grieves]

Oh yeah guys, I know why they attacked me, and on a Pangaea I definitely would never have completely eliminated Pedro. But I was sharing a continent with only those three, and wanted to get rid of them, before the guys on the other continent reached us and I would start building up warmonger penalties with them.

The thing that fascinates me, is how coordinated it appeared, very much unlike the AI I know and adore I had taken Stockholm perhaps 15 turns prior, so I'm certain my military strength was much higher than Sweden's. On paper however, Washington's army was stronger than mine, so I'm 95% sure Washington paid Sweden to attack me. Then, one turn later, just when I moved my troops out of formation and into a badly defensible spot, he attacked head on.

It just seems like something I would do against a stronger opponent xD

 

[Gori the Grey]

An infinite number of monkeys banging on an infinite number of typewriters will eventually produce the works of William Shakespeare.

Sometimes Civ's programmed actions will have the appearance of a strategy. It will be your mind reading that into the events.

Treasure those moments; it makes the game more fun.

 

[danaphanous]

Beautiful! Love it! I had a similar occurrence happen on Deity though I must confess I wasn't terribly surprised. I'd actually played a pretty peaceful game.

 

[phillipwyllie]

It's not a coincidence, the AI will try to get you to DOW someone else whilst plotting against you. If you say yes and move your attack force to the "target" your "fiend" DOWs you, this has happened to me many times.

 

[TheMadFiddler]

An infinite number of monkeys banging on an infinite number of typewriters will eventually produce the works of William Shakespeare.

Sometimes Civ's programmed actions will have the appearance of a strategy. It will be your mind reading that into the events.

Treasure those moments; it makes the game more fun.

Actually, the monkeys would produce them instantly- that is the beauty of infinity.

Note that the human mind is quite adept at finding patterns - whether they exist or not.

 

[shamus21]

I have always knocked the AI programing in Civ games from 1 to 5 but when this happens you think wow it`s about time you pulled a fast one on me.