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Old 03-30-2003, 12:43 PM   #42
Godzilla Blitz
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Originally posted by Bee
My understanding was you could "upload" your games and the AI will be adjusted to use your tactics against you, is this correct? If so, it seems that should eliminate any unfair advantage you may have right now.

I'm skeptical. I know they mention this, but I get a sense that it's something they would like to see happen in the future. I don't see how it could be close to working now, or more efficient (now) than simply telling the developers the problem exists. The strategy has to be coded, and that's going to involve human programming.

The thing here though, is that if the AI repsonds with the same tactic, you've created a whole set of new problems with gameplay: the tech tree unfolds too fast (since everyone is trading tech, the rate of discovery goes much much faster), and getting a tech lead becomes impossible (everyone trades tech to each other, no one gets a lead, techs only advantage is a cash stream). I don't know many of the details, but I understand this was a huge issue in Civ 3. I would much rather see them look at ways to limit human tech trading than see the strategy be picked up by the AI.
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