The AI has odd citybuilding practices. The following is merely exemplary: Often, the AI seems to build an inordinate amount of conclaves -- which would be justifiable, in my eyes, if it were to use these for purposes, primarily, of generating research or mana. But examining these cities over time often reveals that they quite frequently use these for training units -- while at the same time, the capital (for example, Tarth's Hope) is a dedicated fortress, which it uses for quite a few turns for ... generating wealth. Additionally, the Conclaves seem light on studies and labs, and are often heavy on gidlar-generating structures. Currently looking at a few conclaves Kraxis has scattered close to me, the nearest, Kerstey, is level 2, has a Study and a Black Market, has 2 units trained in its queue, and the third in the queue is Produce Wealth.
I think this needs some attention. The AI could do some or all of the following:
- make more fortresses, build more unit-improving structures in fortresses, use fortresses primarily for generating units,
- make fewer conclaves, build more research- or mana-generating structures in conclaves, use conclaves primarily for generating research or mana, train fewer units in conclaves
- build more food- or wealth-generating structures in towns, use towns primarily for generating food or wealth, train fewer units in towns
