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[.86 STUPID AI TRICKS] What looks like a stack of doom is really an AI sovereign, 2 scouts, and 2 pioneers

February 26, 2012 11:37:05 AM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

I've seen this one a lot too.  I see this huge stack coming toward and fear my game will be ending soon.  Then I click on the enemy AI stack and it's a sovereign, 2 scouts, and 2 pioneers.  What the heck?  Clearly their intention is not to explore and plop down new cities because they attack me!  Clearly, it's no contest and automatic death for them.

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Nathan E
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Reply #1 February 26, 2012 2:53:21 PM
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In late game, I've seen 6 unit AI armies with a pioneer and a combo of bowmen, mages, and chainmail wearing swordsmen.

 

In mid game, another AI quickly wiped out 3 other AIs with cheap armourless units.

 

If an AI doesn't have resources, it seems to do wacky stuff with what it's producing.

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Reply #2 February 26, 2012 3:59:39 PM
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I've seen this too.  Late-game, I'm more powerful than #2 & #3 combined.  #4 declares war and sends a few stacks across neutral territory towards one of my cities.  First stack had the sovie, several combat units, and two pioneers.  

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Reply #3 February 27, 2012 3:06:50 AM
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At least yours had a sovereign and/or military units.

Scout's Army

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Reply #4 February 27, 2012 4:25:55 AM
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Yeah, the should AI should know when what they can make is nowhere near the quality of what they're up against, and they should take some measures to not get into a war then.

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Reply #5 February 27, 2012 10:29:39 AM
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I guess the easy fix is to add weapons to Pioneers

-> customizing this is already possible ...

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Reply #6 February 27, 2012 10:45:14 AM
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Quoting Tasunke,
reply 5
I guess the easy fix is to add weapons to Pioneers

-> customizing this is already possible ...

There you go!  Since the AI will "borrow" our ideas for creating units, we should all design a bunch of armed pioneer units.  Maybe then we can start to fear the AI's pioneer stacks of doom. 

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Reply #7 February 27, 2012 11:09:04 AM
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AI in my games always spammed spearmen and basic archers led by a champion, with a pioneer or scout thrown in as well. Not terribly effective against my legendary platemail troops and yew long-bowmen, but hey they declared war on me. What really bothered me was how they would throw away their champions with these weak stacks. I must have killed one of their champions like 25 times.

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Reply #8 February 27, 2012 3:01:35 PM
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It's abvious that the AI still needs some adjustments

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