What does the A.I. do with his monarch points?

[Palatinus Germanicus]

I just noticed a small republic in the HRE that's had the same ruler for about 45 years. A 6-6-6, of course. He's (at least) up-to-date on tech, and he's got one province. Guess how many times he's developed that province, in nearly 200 years of gameplay. That's right... ZERO.

What is he, eating them?

 

[hashinshin]

I believe they pretty much hard restricted when the AI can develop because the player base was complaining about ahistorical development levels.

 

[makaramus]

I gonna make a dump guess and say he invested military points to str goverment and diplo points to merchantalism and culture converting
hell with admin points XD

 

[Rusky]

I had this issue as Muscovy with Yaroslav.... I kept him around for a good 100 years. In this time, he didn't dev the land once and never had anyone besiege him. I was wondering wtf he was doing with those points.

 

[IoannesBarbarus]

I believe they pretty much hard restricted when the AI can develop because the player base was complaining about ahistorical development levels.

IMO this would be a ridiculous response to such complaints. It doesn't get less absurd when the player is the one doing it. The mechanic was ridiculous the day they introduced it and it gets more ridiculous, not less, if the AI is prevented from doing it but the player allowed free reign (to make Nowhereadugu Central Africa the greatest city in the world in 1465 overnight)

 

[hashinshin]

IMO this would be a ridiculous response to such complaints. It doesn't get less absurd when the player is the one doing it. The mechanic was ridiculous the day they introduced it and it gets more ridiculous, not less, if the AI is prevented from doing it but the player allowed free reign (to make Nowhereadugu Central Africa the greatest city in the world in 1465 overnight)

Well Ayutthaya became the largest city in the world in the 1600s. St. Petersberg was raised from raw ambition. So it's not TOO ridiculous that player intervention can cause outrageous things.

 

[DanubianCossak]

There is a cap on how much AI will develop a province compared to starting value, and a numerical value. Its in definies i cant remember exactly what the numbers are.

 

[alexti]

I believe they pretty much hard restricted when the AI can develop

Unless the province is in some remote jungle, of course...

 

[Palatinus Germanicus]

It's a level 8 development province, btw. In the woods. Apparently he's just not allowed to develop it, at all. But with all that time, and MP's, he should be allowed to do... something? Otherwise he's just not even playing the game, is he? Some nations can develop quite aggressively... but apparently he's not allowed.

 

[Benghi Bon]

IMO this would be a ridiculous response to such complaints. It doesn't get less absurd when the player is the one doing it. The mechanic was ridiculous the day they introduced it and it gets more ridiculous, not less, if the AI is prevented from doing it but the player allowed free reign (to make Nowhereadugu Central Africa the greatest city in the world in 1465 overnight)

Well it did get pretty ridiculous in Europe with the myriad of German minors who developed their land to kingdom come because they had actually nothing else to do. So a lot of land would have development in the 30s.

 

[SolSys]

... It doesn't get less absurd when the player is the one doing it ...

You would think they would've seen the immediate comparison, but you probably already know how player's logic works:
It is not fair when its done against them, but it is fine when its done by them :/

 

[Palatinus Germanicus]

Well it did get pretty ridiculous in Europe with the myriad of German minors who developed their land to kingdom come because they had actually nothing else to do. So a lot of land would have development in the 30s.

How much you can develop should be proportional to the size of your nation. Frankfurt can build a Tower of Babel, whilst a full-size Russia can only rely on some random dude's ability to develop that vast empire, all by himself.

Maybe development cost should be part MP... part something else. Gold perhaps. That would keep things 'in proportion', between the small nations & larger ones. I mean, realistically -- you need money to 'build stuff', anyway... right? This way poor nations struggle to develop, small rich nations can make some progress. And large nations can develop proportionately, but not go too crazy, because MPs are still involved.