Will AI ever be good?

[bbspoon]

can we stop getting useless updates and actually get the AI fixed?

Be britain
Allied with denmark
Declare war on france
Call to arms
50k troops in denmark afk for entire war

too many scenarios like this. The AI does not know how to use boats or even navigate sea provinces (slow ass colonization is a result too)

lol when eu3 AI > eu4

 

[unmerged(148338)]

If you were Denmark in that scenario, would you invade France with those 50k?

 

[Hummer]

Try playing a different franchise. I assure you, the AI is much worse.

EUIV has the smartest AI I have seen to date.

 

[ShadeDragon]

Slow ass colonization? wat?
If colonization was any faster, I'm pretty sure Portugal would get colonies on mars during this time period.

 

[tapewormlondon]

The AI has gotten much better with naval invasions since 1.5. Still crazy, just slightly less so.

 

[bbspoon]

my point is, theres no colonial challenge. the player will have both americas colonized while the AI is lucky to have one province. And i've seen it far too many times that the AI just simply sucks when it comes to naval affairs

 

[brifbates]

I'm sure Wiz could make a tougher ai.

The problem is you would need a supercomputer to play the game because all the assets being used by the ai wouldn't leave much for the engine.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

I'm sure Wiz could make a tougher ai.

The problem is you would need a supercomputer to play the game because all the assets being used by the ai wouldn't leave much for the engine.

He could make it harder, but even with a super computer I'm not sure how much it can outplay a human. Keep in mind, of course, that a human himself must write the code, and that no matter how good the code and computer is, it still holds that limitation.

Each marginal increase is an enormous time and cost sink. Developers have to draw the line somewhere. While everyone wants the AI to be better, and I've come down on them hard for some of their choices in terms of recent patches and overall design, going for the AI on them is a bit iffy. It's not amazing, but rookie players get trashed and even experienced ones can get caught off guard if they do an early gambit and screw it up with a weak nation. With all the work the game needs elsewhere, the AI isn't a serious concern, as indeed it's not so bad compared to what you typically see in strategy games.

 

[bbspoon]

sorry what is the difficulty option for?

when the game is mostly played in single player i think it is a serious concern

 

[Hootieleece]

AI always trolls me by PUing me(I'm Junior partner) before the end of the game. No Matter who I play. Most Recently France (Me) PUed by Austria.

Seriously, The AI isn't that bad.....Colonization just sucks anyway unless your Spain. Remember AI NEVER colonizes while at war. AI is almost always at war........

 

[MikeCK]

my point is, theres no colonial challenge. the player will have both americas colonized while the AI is lucky to have one province. And i've seen it far too many times that the AI just simply sucks when it comes to naval affairs

Well not in my games. I play as England and by the time I get over to North America to colonize, Spain and Brazil have a crap load of colonies on big islands and along the coast

 

[Nilmerf]

If you were Denmark in that scenario, would you invade France with those 50k?

Totally agree. I would say the AI is a much better ally towards me than I am to it, willingly throwing its troops into the fray for no gain on their own part. Meanwhile I am a scumbag ally and rarely contribute anything to their wars. The AI doesn't often agree to offensive call to arms though.