Order, autocracy and freedom: What does the AI factions choose?

[hardcore_gamer]

I know that each civ has its own background and leader, so I was wondering what the different factions are the most likely to choose in the late game.

Also, do the civs always choose the same or can it vary?

For example can Germany go with order in one game and then autocracy or even freedom in another?

 

[smallfish]

Yes, they can.

But certain civs love taking certain SPs more than others. Russia will tend to go with Order, the Aztecs will either choose Freedom or Autocracy, Austria might just go Autocracy too...

 

[black213]

Depends on the civ. Those who have high flavor bias for culture/great persons go for freedom. Those with high expansion/science go for order. Those with high warmongering go for autocracy.

 

[smallfish]

High warmongering is interchangeable with Order and Autocracy.

It also doesn't stop certain civs like France and Monty from going Freedom :V

That said, I've never ever seen Rome and Greece take anything other than Order in all the games they've survived in.

 

[black213]

It also doesn't stop certain civs like France and Monty from going Freedom :V

It is still random due to the flavors being modified randomly in every game.

 

[Civologist]

Is there an easy way to see on the diplomacy screen what they've chosen?

 

[smallfish]

It is still random due to the flavors being modified randomly in every game.

It stops being random when I see it like every 5 games or so.

 

[black213]

It stops being random when I see it like every 5 games or so.

Well, Napoleon and Monty going for Freedom doesn't sound that weird as they both have a kind of high flavor for culture.

 

[Unthinking Pain]

Is there an easy way to see on the diplomacy screen what they've chosen?

Ya, there's a diplomatic details page that gives info for each civ on what policies they've taken. However, this won't help you know what policies they'll take if you get to pick the policy first. You're gotta guess based on the base Civ AI plus how they've been playing that game.

 

[n00bxqb]

Washington has taken Autocracy every time I've played against him ...

 

[Putmalk]

It stops being random when I see it like every 5 games or so.

I flip a coin 10 times and all 10 times it comes up heads.

Does that mean it's 100% to get heads?

 

[Unthinking Pain]

Nah, the next one's gotta be tails.

 

[Gewar]

Nah, the next one's gotta be tails.

I miss "like" button on this forum

 

[Peacemongerer]

It doesn't seem like a sure thing which policy will be picked... I've played against Siam about six times now and they've gone Freedom 4 times, Order twice. I've seen Germany go Order and Autocracy about evenly. Ottomans have almost always gone Autocracy w/ me, as have the Danes gone with Order (When they haven't gotten smacked by another AI before reaching the Industrial Age, that is).

 

[Jwallace]

I flip a coin 10 times and all 10 times it comes up heads.

Does that mean it's 100% to get heads?

10 in 10 is pretty slim, I'd bet that it's not a fair coin.

And if you tell me it is a fair coin, I'd bet that you're lying and still guess the next flip will be heads again.

 

[smallfish]

Well, Napoleon and Monty going for Freedom doesn't sound that weird as they both have a kind of high flavor for culture.

Autocracy is a far better choice for those two warmongers, given the ludicrous amounts of cultural pillage you can get from cities, and I sometimes wonder why more civs don't pick Autocracy as a natural choice given this greater boost (for example, Gandhi)

I flip a coin 10 times and all 10 times it comes up heads.

Does that mean it's 100% to get heads?

No, its 900%

 

[Peacemongerer]

Well I guess that the rationale behind what the AI picks is based on the "flavor" values they assign each policy and what the AI's "grand strategy" is. If Cultural, it will almost always go Freedom. If domination, it will almost always go Autocracy or Order. Science appears to be Order or Freedom, just because of how the policy flavors on the opener interact with the AI's innate flavors and the adjustments it makes based on chosen victory paths.