Stupid Hanibal keeps Farming and Cottaging the same tile over and over

[fenrus]

What the heck is he doing? I'm using his farm for chain irrigation but this is annoying. Anyone else see an AI do this?

 

[Sisiutil]

Oy vey. All the time. I don't think the AI is capable of letting its workers just take a break when there are no tiles to be improved.

Actually, my understanding is that part of the problem is the AI wasn't built with a lot of long-term foresight; it makes decisions mostly based on what is happening right now. Very Zen-like, I suppose, but not always effective for long-term planning. I believe that the latest patches and Better AI improve things, but it would take a substantial rewrite, I think, to get rid of all the AI's non-nonsensical decisions.

 

[dirtyparrot]

I'm guessing that's why they keep moving their ships and other units back and forth all the time. This does get annoying if you have the show enemy moves on (and even moreso if you have the friendly option checked as well )

 

[TheMeInTeam]

BetterAI has found the cause of this and corrected it...IIRC over half a year ago now.

In the base game it still does utterly stupid crap like cottaging over corn tiles unless you know what you're doing...which the AI doesn't.

There has to be some way to weight cities for some form of specialization...actually I think betterAI's changes have helped there to a small extent also.

 

[AveiMil]

Did anyone know that you can use your opponents farm for "chain" irrigation (the adjacent tile) PRE-Civil Service?

 

[beestar]

Does the opponent have to have Civil Service?

 

[AveiMil]

No clue, forgot to check.

 

[capnvonbaron]

What the heck is he doing? I'm using his farm for chain irrigation but this is annoying. Anyone else see an AI do this?

1) Build army.
2) Steal said worker on first turn of war.
3) Take the nearby city.
4) Take over or vassallize said AI.

 

[AveiMil]

No clue, forgot to check.

Looks like you can chain irrigate off an opponents farm without having Civil Service your self provided that your opponent does have Civil Service.

It did not work against an opponents farm when the opponent did not have Civil Service.

 

[beestar]

Cool, useful to know

 

[kopema]

1) Build army.
2) Steal said worker on first turn of war.
3) Take the nearby city.
4) Take over or vassallize said AI.

I think that's how the Romans looked at the world: They couldn't stand to watch the barbarians keeps screwing everything up, so they had to take it all over and run it RIGHT for a change.

 

[Sisiutil]

I think that's how the Romans looked at the world: They couldn't stand to watch the barbarians keeps screwing everything up, so they had to take it all over and run it RIGHT for a change.

"All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"

"Brought peace?"

 

[mariogreymist]

Let's face it, they're the only ones who could around here. You remember what the streets were like before, Reg?