AI AE Bonus Modifier

[glennbob]

What exactly is the case here? I annex Ayrshire from Scotland and they have a -45 AE modifier of me, but when France annexed Armor from Brittany they only have a -13 modifier on their opinion of France. I am aware there may be some kind of bonus for the AI but this is a significant difference and cannot really stay. How can a coalition form against a massive blobbing AI France when they have huge advantages on a human player like that, its just too much of a bonus.

 

[grommile]

There is... still some strangeness about AE.

Are you sure you hadn't done anything else to upset Scotland (e.g. get caught fabricating claims, or recently conquer/force-vassalize Irish minors)? Because I recently took León, Salamanca, and Braganza in one war with a Castile + Portugal alliance and only got about -40 AE with Castile.

 

[glennbob]

I am very sure, didn't need to claim because I got a mission for it. It says when you go to make peace that you should get however much AE, and the AI always seems to get far less than a human player does and I absolutely hate it when games are balanced by giving the AI bonuses, its painful to see.

 

[Avernite]

I think capital distance plays a role. A difference between 45 and 13 for Armor and Ayrshire would not be explained that way, but taking land from northern Castille might be explained as less AE.

 

[TheBloke]

Are you playing on Normal difficulty? There's definitely more AE for a player on Hard.

I'm going to run an AE analysis today, 1.3 vs 1.5, and I will compare player AE (normal difficulty) versus AI. I'll need to work out a way to mod it such as to force the AI to take some AE-incurring action.

 

[Avernite]

Are you playing on Normal difficulty? There's definitely more AE for a player on Hard.

I'm going to run an AE analysis today, 1.3 vs 1.5, and I will compare player AE (normal difficulty) versus AI. I'll need to work out a way to mod it such as to force the AI to take some AE-incurring action.

Offer them things in peacedeals while turning on yesman?

 

[TheBloke]

Offer them things in peacedeals while turning on yesman?

Good point!