Ai bias : SMG Studio

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Trojanwhite

started a topic about 8 years ago

Ive just played 3 games each of whichcontained AI players. On each occasion as soon as the player became an AI suddenly they become invunerable to attack. I actuallyhad a situation where i played 12 armies to 1 and lost every single one!! I have been playing this game for months and this is always the case. As soon as a player becomes an AI it gets equal or better dice. If a player drops out it should be frozen not replaced with an AI becausefranlly they ruin the game

Jacob Plante

said over 7 years ago

Another thing SMG needs to fix

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Eric Landis

said over 7 years ago

Thanks for the reply Phillip. This may have to be one of those situations where I'm going to stubbornly cling to my belief, despite assurances to the contrary. I play at least one game a day and I'm POSITIVE that the AI singles people out at the end of the game. I'm sure it's true that they are not specifically programmed to do that, but whatever they are programmed to do, the result is that they wind up single people out at the end of games.

As you mentioned, they have a tendency toward certain directions (This is definitely true). Well, toward the end of the game, if you're the guy in that direction then you are the one who gets attacked (even if your opponent is more venerable). Even if you're able to fight the AI off, it will continue to attack "in that direction." The end result is that the AI is only attacking one person and not attacking the other person.

More specifically, I can definitely say the AI has certain territories that it will ALWAYS attack and other areas it will NEVER attack (so long as there is more than 1 troop guarding that area.) Toward the end of the game, this will always result in AI bias against one player. Of the two maps that I play, I can easily tell you the areas where the AI will always attack and where it will never attack. When I say always and never I mean ALWAYS and NEVER, regardless of how unguarded or guarded the areas are. The AI tenancies to attack these areas or not attack these areas, FAR outweigh their desire to conquer a continent or to attack one.

I wish this was something that could be fixed, but, regardless, I do love them game =]

Tim Lawson

said over 7 years ago

It might be trying to stay in the game. Finishing 2nd can be very good. It's important not to leave games even if your position is hopeless. I try to ally with busted human opponents and will defend them if they hold true to an alliance. I will attack if an ally gets too powerful though (that's the game, right?!). I often come out on top due to tenacity not due to mystical powers! As a GM, I only play 4 player games with 2 expert bots so my opinion is limited to my experience with expert bots. They sometimes get better tactically so it's important to be able to switch strategy and be flexible! See you in the game I hope!