[.915 AI] AI not using strategic spells like Tremor and Pillar of Flame, etc.

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These are great spells that I use against the AI when he's in my territory.  I haven't seen the AI use them against me.  Brad, will you please "encourage" the AI to use these spells? 

Is it possible to train the AI to copy our use of spells just like it copies the way we design units?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

if "encourage" is not enough, try to bribe them :grin:

.915 introduced reduced movement in enemy territory - I expect the AI to become more and more aggressive, for the moment the infinite use of pillar of flame could make invasions almost impossible

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Pillar of Flame can only be used once per turn (do they get extra uses if there are more fire magic users?)

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting StevenAus, reply 2
Pillar of Flame can only be used once per turn (do they get extra uses if there are more fire magic users?)
End of StevenAus's quote

Yes.  One use per fire user per turn.  So, if you have 15 fire mages, that's a whole lot of pillaring going on (not to mention a ludicrous number of mages =P )

 

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Maybe Pillar of Fire and the other army-wide "strategic zap" spells could be limited to one cast per player per turn, and it would automatically use the spell damage of the highest magic user.  This would also gel well with being less able to cope if you are fighting wars on multiple fronts.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I've seen a choice menu appearing in the bottom right-hand corner when trying ot cast Fire Elemental because I had two mages able to cast it, this may be work in progress, however I was able to cast more pillars of flame than the total champions under my control - I guess ... will verify ...