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Reading through some of the strategies, and some of the "where is the patch" threads, got me wondering....
A cunning ploy from Sid and friends would be to read through the strategy posts and 'patch' the one that could be considered "cheating" (exploitation of the AI).
E.g. Selling techs to cripple the economy of the AI. Good strategy, but perhaps it could be tweaked so that the AI will go to anyone who has the tech, and shop around for the best deal, even during YOUR turn (to prevent you selling it 7 times in the same turn).
Maybe they can close-up the 'upgrade' issue, where the AI will value units on firepower rather than sheer numbers.
I personally think that this would make the game more rewarding. Otherwise, you'll end up using the same strategy in every game. I think the whole principle of Civ III was to open up the game to lots of different ways of winning. You therefore should have to adapt your stategy to the game.
A cunning ploy from Sid and friends would be to read through the strategy posts and 'patch' the one that could be considered "cheating" (exploitation of the AI).
E.g. Selling techs to cripple the economy of the AI. Good strategy, but perhaps it could be tweaked so that the AI will go to anyone who has the tech, and shop around for the best deal, even during YOUR turn (to prevent you selling it 7 times in the same turn).
Maybe they can close-up the 'upgrade' issue, where the AI will value units on firepower rather than sheer numbers.
I personally think that this would make the game more rewarding. Otherwise, you'll end up using the same strategy in every game. I think the whole principle of Civ III was to open up the game to lots of different ways of winning. You therefore should have to adapt your stategy to the game.
