Victory type: first to 750 provinces wins, will the AI power game?

[Sovereign]

So I've started a new game and set the Victory condition to first to 750 provinces. How will this affect AI behaviour, will they tend to be allot more ahistorical or aggressive?

Hopefully the end-date won't kick in now, I doubt any of the AI will achieve the conquest of 750 new provinces, and me- I'm not bothered, I just want a spanking good epic of a game.

 

[unmerged(45766)]

The AI won't do anything unusual. The AI doesn't care about victory, whether it is determined by missions, objectives or victory points.

Only the player does care. And all of us, as a matter of fact.

 

[labalag]

I'm not bothered, I just want a spanking good epic of a game.

If you want a spanking good epic of a game, try MP, the AI ain't able to cope with a well-run human empire...

 

[Sovereign]

If you want a spanking good epic of a game, try MP, the AI ain't able to cope with a well-run human empire...

I'm an EU2 noob, a well-run human empire is not a danger at this point.

 

[Duke of Wellington]

Try downloading a mod like Europa Portugalis. That should make the ai perform better.

 

[unmerged(47118)]

Hopefully the end-date won't kick in now, .

I didn't know this, it's really true¿?

 

[Duke of Wellington]

I didn't know this, it's really true¿?

No it will still end at the normal time unfortunately. You need to use the unlimited time mod to go beyond the end date.

 

[Sleepyhead]

Try downloading a mod like Europa Portugalis. That should make the ai perform better.

Might be better to do that once he's gotten used and bored with the normal stetup.

 

[unmerged(47118)]

No it will still end at the normal time unfortunately. You need to use the unlimited time mod to go beyond the end date.

Is it called Moctezuma or something¿?

 

[Duke of Wellington]

Is it called Moctezuma or something¿?

Thats the one. Here's a link to it.

 

[Sovereign]

Try downloading a mod like Europa Portugalis. That should make the ai perform better.

How about that AGCEEP mod you used in the Golden Horde AAR, that seemed pretty cool, I liked the way the Jonny Rebs looked like angry peasants, but I can't seem to find it in the mods forum.

Anyway for now, vanilla Ottomon dominance of Western Europe and Central Asia is the focus.

 

[Duke of Wellington]

AGCEEP is a fun mod. It primarily adds more events though rather than changing the ai around. It usually ends up with a more varied result than vanilla. You can download it here

 

[Sovereign]

So far in my games I haven't noticed the AI being deficient, at one point I was surprised when Bosnia and Ragusa declared war on me because of my expansionism in the northern Balkans, fine- I thought, they would have to go through the hills of troops-flooded Albania to get at me... they only went and declared war on the unpopular Serbia just so they could get around my Albanian stronghold! I know that's why the AI did it because I replayed the same situation about three times, that's "thinking outside the box" for an AI in my opinion. If there's a mod that makes the AI even more crafty (without much cheating if at all), then I'd like to have that mod.

 

[Duke of Wellington]

Europa Portugalis gives the ai specific events that steer them in the right course making it harder for the player.