Nylan
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Have any of you started a game and then watched the computer play it out, just to see what would happen and how geography affects the computer's playstyle? I have.
Recently I started a random map game with 7 civs on deity and after starting, decided to watch the computers duke it out. It was interesting, and gave me some insight into the AI.
The Civs were:
The Imperials (Persians) whom I watched the game from the perspective of. They started out on the East side of an island that seemed oddly symmetrical, with two lakes in the middle.
The Republicans (Babylonians) They started on the west side of the previously mentioned island. After watching a few turns I decided to name the Imps and Republicans the way I did because the bloody conflict between them reminded me of a civil war, that of a nation torn between governments.
The Nephites (Aztecs) Located on a continent roughly 5/3 the size of the Imperial/Republican island, which also happened to be a few squares away.
The Sarronyn (Greeks) Started out on an island southeast of the Nephite one. It was long and narrow, giving the Sarronyn very little land mass.
The Prussians (Germans) began on an even narrower island just to the east of the Sarronyn. Both civs were only a few squares away from a large unclaimed continent, which they would battle over for many centuries.
The Hamorians (Mongols) began on a large continent in the North, with nothing but barbarians to impede their colonization of the surrounding islands.
Around the world from the Hamorians were the Northerners (Russians). The Northerners followed a strategy suspiciously similar to that of the Hamorians, colonizing their large, empty, Northern continent and the surrounding islands.
In the beginning, the Imperials expanded at a rapid rate, founding the cities of Tariff, Absolutia, Empire's Portal, and Hideaway in less than 20 turns. They also had settlers building roads, and a few horsemen doing some scouting. The scouts met the Republican scouts between the two lakes (We'll call them The King's Lake and The Sea of the People). The Republican scouts passed by and discovered the Imperial cities about the same time that the Imperials found and attacked Laissez Faire. From there, things really heated up.
For both civs, expansion and development ground to a halt as the newfound enemies devoted themselves to total war, sending wave after wave of catapults, then archers, and later crusaders and musketeers at eachother. Each new campaign would result in the capture of some newly built cities, which would be recaptured or destroyed the next few turns. By 1 AD, progress finaly began to be made. The Republicans took and held the cities near The King's Lake and pushed the battle lines back squares uncomfortably close to Imperiana, the Imperial Capital.
About this same time, Nephite troops landed on the peninsula to the south of Hideaway and claimed it as there own. The King was forced to send some troops over to check their agression, which further weakened the Imperial war effort. Also, the Northerners landed on the northwestern coast of the island, and begun to annoy both resident nations. things were not looking good for King Xerxes IV (Imperials), who was landlocked and engaged in three wars. He needed to do something fast.
A caravel was sent across the sea to the Nephite island, troops in tow. The city of Moroni was claimed, and a siege was begun against Zarahemla, the Nephite capital. While I watched this, I was thinking about how lucky Xerxes was. To waste resources on exploration was pointless, and it was fortunate the Nephite island, of all places, was found.
well, gtg, I'll post more later
Recently I started a random map game with 7 civs on deity and after starting, decided to watch the computers duke it out. It was interesting, and gave me some insight into the AI.
The Civs were:
The Imperials (Persians) whom I watched the game from the perspective of. They started out on the East side of an island that seemed oddly symmetrical, with two lakes in the middle.
The Republicans (Babylonians) They started on the west side of the previously mentioned island. After watching a few turns I decided to name the Imps and Republicans the way I did because the bloody conflict between them reminded me of a civil war, that of a nation torn between governments.
The Nephites (Aztecs) Located on a continent roughly 5/3 the size of the Imperial/Republican island, which also happened to be a few squares away.
The Sarronyn (Greeks) Started out on an island southeast of the Nephite one. It was long and narrow, giving the Sarronyn very little land mass.
The Prussians (Germans) began on an even narrower island just to the east of the Sarronyn. Both civs were only a few squares away from a large unclaimed continent, which they would battle over for many centuries.
The Hamorians (Mongols) began on a large continent in the North, with nothing but barbarians to impede their colonization of the surrounding islands.
Around the world from the Hamorians were the Northerners (Russians). The Northerners followed a strategy suspiciously similar to that of the Hamorians, colonizing their large, empty, Northern continent and the surrounding islands.
In the beginning, the Imperials expanded at a rapid rate, founding the cities of Tariff, Absolutia, Empire's Portal, and Hideaway in less than 20 turns. They also had settlers building roads, and a few horsemen doing some scouting. The scouts met the Republican scouts between the two lakes (We'll call them The King's Lake and The Sea of the People). The Republican scouts passed by and discovered the Imperial cities about the same time that the Imperials found and attacked Laissez Faire. From there, things really heated up.
For both civs, expansion and development ground to a halt as the newfound enemies devoted themselves to total war, sending wave after wave of catapults, then archers, and later crusaders and musketeers at eachother. Each new campaign would result in the capture of some newly built cities, which would be recaptured or destroyed the next few turns. By 1 AD, progress finaly began to be made. The Republicans took and held the cities near The King's Lake and pushed the battle lines back squares uncomfortably close to Imperiana, the Imperial Capital.
About this same time, Nephite troops landed on the peninsula to the south of Hideaway and claimed it as there own. The King was forced to send some troops over to check their agression, which further weakened the Imperial war effort. Also, the Northerners landed on the northwestern coast of the island, and begun to annoy both resident nations. things were not looking good for King Xerxes IV (Imperials), who was landlocked and engaged in three wars. He needed to do something fast.
A caravel was sent across the sea to the Nephite island, troops in tow. The city of Moroni was claimed, and a siege was begun against Zarahemla, the Nephite capital. While I watched this, I was thinking about how lucky Xerxes was. To waste resources on exploration was pointless, and it was fortunate the Nephite island, of all places, was found.
well, gtg, I'll post more later
