Why is the AI so easy in MP?

[Nurgle84]

My girlfriend an me love to play CiV in MP. We use the AI but we have a problem. It seems, that the AI in MP is way easier in MP then in SP. We don not play Coop and on King Difficulty btw. Has somebody else noticed this and how can we fix this? (Is it better on lets say emperor?)

Edit: A bit more precise: We have the feeling, that the AI is following a chieftain script, building wonders and not much else. Not even some settlers. We often see their second cities after we founded our 4th or 5th.

 

[Smote]

I'm not sure, Nurgle. I would suggest Immortal or Deity if you two are teaming up, for the challenge.

 

[Scam]

The AI is easier in MP... but I've only really noticed in terms on diplomacy. I play Mp with my pop very often and we play on emperor. Back in earlier versions we played on deity, but with the patches, the AI became slightly more dangerous. Deity was pretty fun, and at points we would have to scrape assets together to be able to defeat AI civs. Try pumping the difficulty up a bit.

 

[Nurgle84]

Ok, thanks

 

[d3vil_b3rt]

You can increase the AI's difficulty, but that'll just raise their economy/turn: growth, production, money, and research. In any difficulty, the AI is rather easy when it comes to warfare. They're not program well enough to time a good flank, pillage, distraction, amphibious assault, etc... Because they have a superior economy, they'll most likely have more troops and probably more advance ones, which i guess in a way makes up for their stupidity in war.

Come and play open games online, you'll find how much more fun it is than AI's.

 

[Nurgle84]

Thanks guys. Emperor works just fine. At least the AI is expanding and Alex is even staging attacks, like with real troops