Ghandi Khan
Warlord
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2007
- Messages
- 104
I love this scenario, mostly for the added realism and attention to detail... but.. it seems to me like some of the AI players are a little TOO strict about confining themselves to their historical boundaries. I know this makes it a bit more historically accurate, but... I don't know, it also seems unrealistic that should a civ have a golden opportunity to take some very choice land that would be to their benefit they will pass it up almost every time.
The best example I have of this so far is from my two first vassal states in my game I am playing as the Persians. The Malinese and the Ethiopians, though I have heard similar things said about the Aztecs and their unwillingness to expand at all. Since they are my vassals I would like to see them do well and contribute something, but they are too limited by their unwillingness to help themselves.
Ethiopia is the worst offender. They have tons of great land all around them in Africa, which was more or less unoccupied until the Portuguese started showing up recently, but in stead of colonizing any of it they opted in stead to cram every city they possibly could onto the little strip of desert that juts out under the Red Sea. NO intelligent human player would EVER do this. I can understand maybe putting one city out there... but 3? All of them two spaces away from each other, draining their economy, thinning their military, and producing absolutely nothing of value. The Ethiopians would even have a decent chance of achieving their Historical Victory as the AI if they were able to think outside of the box just a little bit... but how are they going to repel European colonization of Africa if they don't do anything to take control of the land themselves?
The best example I have of this so far is from my two first vassal states in my game I am playing as the Persians. The Malinese and the Ethiopians, though I have heard similar things said about the Aztecs and their unwillingness to expand at all. Since they are my vassals I would like to see them do well and contribute something, but they are too limited by their unwillingness to help themselves.
Ethiopia is the worst offender. They have tons of great land all around them in Africa, which was more or less unoccupied until the Portuguese started showing up recently, but in stead of colonizing any of it they opted in stead to cram every city they possibly could onto the little strip of desert that juts out under the Red Sea. NO intelligent human player would EVER do this. I can understand maybe putting one city out there... but 3? All of them two spaces away from each other, draining their economy, thinning their military, and producing absolutely nothing of value. The Ethiopians would even have a decent chance of achieving their Historical Victory as the AI if they were able to think outside of the box just a little bit... but how are they going to repel European colonization of Africa if they don't do anything to take control of the land themselves?