If you really want that wonder ....

[Victoria]

If you want a better chance of getting a wonder.. try excluding the leaders in the list below
Naturally a wonder obsessed civ will still go for what is available I imagine.

BIG_BEN Cleopatra
BOLSHOI_THEATRE Mvemba
BROADWAY Mvemba
BROADWAY Roosevelt
CHICHEN_ITZA Mvemba
CHICHEN_ITZA Pedro
COLOSSEUM Qin
COLOSSEUM Trajan
COLOSSUS Peter
COLOSSUS Philip
COLOSSUS Qin
COLOSSUS Trajan
EIFFEL_TOWER Catherine
ESTADIO_DO_MARACANA Trajan
FORBIDDEN_CITY Catherine
FORBIDDEN_CITY Qin
GREAT_LIBRARY Cleopatra
GREAT_LIBRARY Qin
GREAT_LIGHTHOUSE Harald
GREAT_LIGHTHOUSE Philip
GREAT_LIGHTHOUSE Qin
GREAT_LIGHTHOUSE Victoria
GREAT_ZIMBABWE Trajan
HAGIA_SOPHIA Philip
HAGIA_SOPHIA Saladin
HANGING_GARDENS Cleopatra
HANGING_GARDENS Gandhi
HANGING_GARDENS Mvemba
HANGING_GARDENS Qin
HERMITAGE Cleopatra
HERMITAGE Mvemba
MAHABODHI_TEMPLE Gandhi
MAHABODHI_TEMPLE Philip
MAHABODHI_TEMPLE Saladin
MONT_ST_MICHEL Catherine
MONT_ST_MICHEL Cleopatra
MONT_ST_MICHEL Saladin
ORACLE Pedro
OXFORD_UNIVERSITY Gandhi
OXFORD_UNIVERSITY Mvemba
PETRA Cleopatra
POTALA_PALACE Catherine
POTALA_PALACE Pericles
PYRAMIDS Cleopatra
PYRAMIDS Qin
RUHR_VALLEY Barbarossa
RUHR_VALLEY Cleopatra
STONEHENGE Cleopatra
SYDNEY_OPERA_HOUSE Mvemba
TERRACOTTA_ARMY Gorgo
TERRACOTTA_ARMY Qin
VENETIAN_ARSENAL Harald
VENETIAN_ARSENAL HoJo

These Civs are less likely to build these wonders
CRISTO_REDENTOR Mvemba
ORACLE Mvemba
STONEHENGE Mvemba
STONEHENGE Saladin

 

[Bowman in a Bad Mood]

Cool. On what are these recommendations based?

 

[isau]

I have to wonder why Saladin is building Stonehenge. I mean I guess its always nice to get to pick your religious abilities first, but its 180 degrees from his civ's unique ability.

 

[Victoria]

Cool. On what are these recommendations based?

These are straight out of the xml. I just saw them and suspect based on experience they are used for weighting

 

[WiseGreen]

I have to wonder why Saladin is building Stonehenge. I mean I guess its always nice to get to pick your religious abilities first, but its 180 degrees from his civ's unique ability.

At least there's a justification for it. Why is Mvemba even bothering, tho?

 

[isau]

At least there's a justification for it. Why is Mvemba even bothering, tho?

LOL I hadn't even noticed.

Is there a cheat somewhere to see how the AI is progressing in terms of techs/wonders? I know how to "reveal all" but a way to view their progress in real terms would be very helpful.

 

[Evolena]

I have to wonder why Saladin is building Stonehenge. I mean I guess its always nice to get to pick your religious abilities first, but its 180 degrees from his civ's unique ability.

At least there's a justification for it. Why is Mvemba even bothering, tho?

In fact, the XML lines have the attribute Favored="false" for Saladin + Stonehenge, Mvemba + Stonehenge, Mvemba + Oracle and Mvemba + Christo Redemptor (other lines do not have this attribute at all). So I believe they will never build them.

 

[ShinigamiKenji]

Mvemba should build Stonehenge just for the lolz

That also means a much better chance to get a Great Prophet, since neither Mvemba nor other Stonehenge-builders will get Great Prophets.

 

[Victoria]

In fact, the XML lines have the attribute Favored="false" for Saladin + Stonehenge, Mvemba + Stonehenge, Mvemba + Oracle and Mvemba + Christo Redemptor (other lines do not have this attribute at all). So I believe they will never build them.

Well spotted... will edit now

 

[WiseGreen]

In fact, the XML lines have the attribute Favored="false" for Saladin + Stonehenge, Mvemba + Stonehenge, Mvemba + Oracle and Mvemba + Christo Redemptor (other lines do not have this attribute at all). So I believe they will never build them.

That makes way more sense

 

[isau]

Here's an interesting note. If you remove all the prerequisites and lower the build cost of everything in game to 1 hammer so that the AI can literally choose to select from every wonder/district/building/unit, one of the first things an AI does is build Chichen Itza. I don't know why but that Wonder seems to have higher priority than almost everything else.

 

[ShinigamiKenji]

Here's an interesting note. If you remove all the prerequisites and lower the build cost of everything in game to 1 hammer so that the AI can literally choose to select from every wonder/district/building/unit, one of the first things an AI does is build Chichen Itza. I don't know why but that Wonder seems to have higher priority than almost everything else.

Was that in the first turn? Maybe an AI that started near rainforest evaluated it higher because there's plenty in the early game.

 

[isau]

Was that in the first turn? Maybe an AI that started near rainforest evaluated it higher because there's plenty in the early game.

Usually around turn 3 or 4. It's not the first thing they build, but close. I think you're right about the one near jungle rating it highly and grabbing it.

 

[4N4C0ND4]

Well, if you were an Ai, free chitzen is pretty powerful early. 2 culture and 2 cog is pretty good I must admit.

 

[EpicWestern]

I won't be excluding civs, but this list is still pretty useful since you can be more or less likely to build a wonder based on the civs you're up against and the fear that you'll get it canceled.

 

[Forbiddentwo]

This is yet another reason to want better AI. On deity I have no chance in hell of making Chichen Itza (or certain other wonders depending on the circumstances), but the AI needs every advantage it can get so lowering the difficulty isn't a decent option.