Is the AI in Multiplayer the same as it is in single?

[TheGrumpyBuddha]

This may be a really stupid question ... but would a MP game with only one human look the same as a standard SP game?

 

[Zefyreaux]

I sincerely apologize that I don't know for sure per se but I believe so because that would make the most sense

 

[Guntha Hamma]

Many would say no. AI behaviour is way more passive in MP games. it never contacts the human player and is generally less prone to make war. There's a guy who is developing a mod that lets you play a MP game with SP AI:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=518874

 

[Conspirator]

Wow Guntha, is that really true? I've been playing with a friend and we experienced those issues. It was like the AI was playing on Prince even though we had set it at Emperor. How come there isn't more discussion about this? I've searched online and there's hardly any talk about this problem.

 

[Guntha Hamma]

I can assure you that there have been many complaints about that issue on this forum in the past. The fact is that Firaxis has almost completely ignored the multiplayer issues since the first patch: with the exception of the hotseat mode, that has been added after the release of CIV, multiplayer experience has not improved. Critical issues like mods in multiplayer and AI have been put aside by the developers. I should maybe thank them though, because otherwise I would have probably spent 1000 hours of gameplay with CIV insted of the actual 300