From what I read up-thread, at least some of its "satellite surveillance" land movement reactions are a case of "we do this because not doing it makes some hilarious manoeuvres you'd never pull off against the same human twice work consistently".
Under the current rules, the AI always chooses the colonial policy that provides total immunity to native uprisings; you can too, if you want to. Please note that using that policy is less profitable, in the long run, than sending troops to defend your colonies properly.
It's hard-coded; you'll need to write a triggered modifier with a trigger of ai = yes to apply a corresponding penalty.
Can a dev confirm this is still the case, that AI(lucky or not) does not get events or pulses for manpower while at war with player?
Yes that does happen occasionally and is usually very welcome. What does not happen for the player is gaining 20-50k manpower in 2 months several times over the course of one war, while your maximum is about 80k and gaining 800 per month. I've seen this over several games now, and it only happens vs lucky nations. I can understand one small increase from estates(does the AI use them?), an event from idea(s) or maybe something unique to certain nations, but seeing it grow far above the normal gain on so many occasions makes me question if the AI does not cheat on manpower if certain conditions are met vs player. Now I don't mind if this is the case, I just want clarification on what conditions have to be met in order for this to happen.
