The AI can be a bit sneaky sometimes

[Alfred Packer]

So, I'm playing a Republic. The Archon is Religious Party and I've not been calling Omens as we approach the elections so his party can stay in power (it's a nice bonus, if counter-intuitive). Suddenly, the November before the election, the Heirophant (military party) throws a giant orgy declaring Aphrodite has made her will known - and bam! an Omen is activated, plunging the support of the Religious Party, whose candidate (inches away from securing back-to-back Archonites by the Religious Party) loses to the Populist Party. Now this probably is not what the Heirophant had in mind, since the other dark-horse candidate was from the milparty - but still, well played AI, well played indeed.

 

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Well played, AI. Except the AI doesn't actually control random events. Just a bloody lucky AI.

 

[Alfred Packer]

Well played, AI. Except the AI doesn't actually control random events. Just a bloody lucky AI.

Either way, I was delighted with the result...it gave me something very unexpected.

edit: and, for a video game, the appearance of a brilliant tactical manuever on the AI's part is, from a game-play experience, the same as an actual brilliant tactical manuever on the AI's part.

 

[Descartes]

and, for a video game, the appearance of a brilliant tactical manuever on the AI's part is, from a game-play experience, the same as an actual brilliant tactical manuever on the AI's part.

Haha, good point.

 

[vertinox]

Haha, good point.

Yeah. Even if the AI is just lucky, as long as it puts on a good show... You can't tell the difference

 

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Yeah. Even if the AI is just lucky, as long as it puts on a good show... You can't tell the difference

So when your entire royal line suddenly die of freak events (as someone posted here not so long ago), it's really the AI cheating you rather than just your bad luck?

 

[Alfred Packer]

So when your entire royal line suddenly die of freak events (as someone posted here not so long ago), it's really the AI cheating you rather than just your bad luck?

Would you mind clarifying that statement because I don't understand it as written. (especially as you reference a post that doesn't discuss AI Cheating or player bad luck)

 

[unmerged(60148)]

It sounds like a random event ...

 

[Alfred Packer]

It sounds like a random event ...

it is a random event. It was still a pretty cool turn of events.

 

[unmerged(60148)]

it is a random event. It was still a pretty cool turn of events.

Glad it was, the point though is that you can't attribute the turn of events to the "sneakiness" of AI. On the other hand if there was a piece of code that was running and allowed the AI to make a decision based on some calculations if to invoke an omen to influence the elections or not, then this was going to be a pretty cool feature.

 

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Would you mind clarifying that statement because I don't understand it as written. (especially as you reference a post that doesn't discuss AI Cheating or player bad luck)

Yeah, sorry. I was referring to this post a little while ago by (I think) a novice player. Sorry but I can't find that post just now after a quick look... It went something along the line of "everything was going fine and then BANG! my royal line all died within the span of a few days (or weeks?)". Random events obviously. Bad luck... or was it extremely devious AI?

 

[Alfred Packer]

Yeah, sorry. I was referring to this post a little while ago by (I think) a novice player. Sorry but I can't find that post just now after a quick look... It went something along the line of "everything was going fine and then BANG! my royal line all died within the span of a few days (or weeks?)". Random events obviously. Bad luck... or was it extremely devious AI?

Devious AI of course!

If it has started reading through the events files and using the cheat codes to fire off the ones it wants, it must be a very sophisticated piece of software

 

[Olaus Petrus]

Those unexpected events really spice up things, because you can never be certain that your favourite candidate is elected, even if you do everything you can to eliminate the competition.

 

[SirGrotius]

I like the random events as is, but only when they don't happen too often. Right now they spice up a game, but you don't want to be hanging on baited breath waiting for the next disaster. The OP's story sounds very interesting.