I never realized how bad the AI's were until now. A hundred turns in, Fail-amar has built the Pact of the Nilhorn, and is now spamming Triremes. Despite his fleet he's somehow managed to lose the coves I built, and his triremes just sit outside his (only)city while the Doviello pillage our workboats and kill our galleys.
Decius's AI has apparently gotten stuck. His city is like size 3, he's in the Conquest civic, and is building nothing but Lightbringers. Which are of course being immediately killed by the (now very experienced) barbs and animals.
And Rhoanna.. the one time I switched to her, she had an archer in her capital and 3 galleys. There were four Illian Javelin Throwers advancing, and she was building... another galley.
All of this really isn't that bad though. None have been wiped out, so they're still way above the Lord of the Balors allies
. It just needs for our changes to be more permanent. Either more time between switches so you can fix their screwups AND advance a little, or some way to lock civics/religions/improvements/build orders.
How does the thing determine who you switch to anyway? I thought it was lowest or second lowest if you were already at the bottom, but then it switched me to our highest score. Is it just random?
It makes sense, considering when in the story this scenario takes place. But there should be some warning that you can't bring in Hyborem/Basium. So many evil civs, and the good ones willing to research what you tell them. It begs for an Infernal Pact beeline. Imagine my disappointment when the big guy didn't show.