DrAngry

Should be obvious :).

It's not worse. AI is bad in waging war, because it doesn't seem to grasp the idea of tactical combat. Diplomacy is weird. Major civs pull some crazy stunts and it's hard to tell whether they like you or not. On the other hand, diplomacy with minor civs is perfect and very transparent. But compared to elemental, it's all mindblowingly advanced. AI in elemental fails on every possible aspect, not just tactical combat. And diplomacy is not just bad, but virtually non-existant. &

In civ4 you could tell automated workers, not to destroy already built improvements. You can probably do it in civ5 aswell, just check the gameplay options.

Oh man, did Poland get overlooked again?

[quote who="katalist" reply="16" id="2768380"]Maybe I should make a thread about "The small thigns Elemental does well that Civ does bad.. Both games have there positives and negatives. I do agree with alot that you said, but at the same time I can name things that I like better in Elemental then I do in Civ, it goes both ways. To me Civ and ELemental are both fantastic games... Civ is more polished, while Elemental has custimization that is very well done and more

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="45" id="2766862"]It always seems a bit unfair to compare any 2 games, and there AI's, when one is in its 5th iteration of build versus one that is in its 1st and running on a brand new Engine. Are there any other NEW (as in, not version 4 or 5 or 12) Empire building/4X games coming out in the near future based on NEW engines that will have to have new AI's created? If so we should compare those to E:WoM and see how they stack up. Any matur

[quote who="magiclyDelicious" reply="51" id="2744818"] I'm looking at Avernum right now too. My absolute, hands down, all time favorite games are turn based party rpgs. I'd given up on them and these games remind me of what I like in those games. I find it odd that I didn't like dragon age more. Seems awesome but I just get bored so quickly. Now Baldur's Gate.. now there is game. BG2 and throne of ball are my favorite games, the battles were so intense, and there was so much tactics. For