Who do you prefer? Bismark or Frederick? (for higher diffs)

[futurehermit]

Industrious can be quite good. Nabbing certain wonder combos can be really helpful at times. Pyramids-Parthenon-GL-NE. GLH-Colossus-ToA. SM-US-AP-SC. Not to mention the faster builds of National Wonders (Oxford, IW, WS). And not to mention some expensive but great late-game wonders (SoL, Pent, CR).

However, philosophical is great and faster Oxford is also great. Universities are pricy and the cities you usually want them in usually have low hammers so getting them 1/2 off is nothing to sneeze at.

 

[CivCorpse]

Industrious can be quite good. Nabbing certain wonder combos can be really helpful at times. Pyramids-Parthenon-GL-NE. GLH-Colossus-ToA. SM-US-AP-SC. Not to mention the faster builds of National Wonders (Oxford, IW, WS). And not to mention some expensive but great late-game wonders (SoL, Pent, CR).

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Mmmmmm...he said wooooonnnnndddeeeerrrrrrsssss....sorry drooling...gonna go play as Bismark now....mmmmmm shiny shiny cities with lots of buildings I don't need....mmmmmmmm

 

[Morgawr]

I find that in my games the Frederick AI almost always plays better than the Bismarck AI. Bismarck is programmed to focus more heavily on military and thus doesn't fully leverage his industrious trait, IMO.

 

[madscientist]

I find that in my games the Frederick AI almost always plays better than the Bismarck AI. Bismarck is programmed to focus more heavily on military and thus doesn't fully leverage his industrious trait, IMO.

Fred the AI does play a bit better, but Bismark the AI has hogged wonders in my games. Bismark is also more unpredictable in BTS and seams to prefer war more than Warlords. To many tiems I have lost out on wonder races early on to Bismark.

 

[futurehermit]

I've never understood Bismarck's preference for early warring. Late warring I can understand with the Panzer and all, but industrious + expansive doesn't scream warfare to me. Fred the AI is a tightwad tech-trader which I think adds to his competitiveness. He'll trade, but it better be in his favour Phil+Org I think is fairly easy for the AI to leverage as well, especially given their preference for building farms all over the place It's a bit better in BtS but the AI still needs to build more cottages imo.