As the Dutch on Monarch on my initial game I have been completely militarily and technologically outclassed but winning by a huge margin just by ferrying treasures back and forth.
I have not had an opponent declare war, despite my New World holdings being only lightly defended and producing massive amounts of treasure (with most of the troops running around carrying treasure....) and only once or twice had my treasure carracks (I only developed galleons about 25 turns from the end of the game) attacked by Privateers.
It seems the AI doesn't 'appreciate' Victory Points in its strategy calculations (I noticed a similar phenomenon in the Three Sisters scenario) and won't act aggressively to prevent an opponent accumulating VPs or to get VPs itself in the same way it will act to, for example, dominate or get a tech lead.
Any others with similar (or contrasting) experiences?
I have not had an opponent declare war, despite my New World holdings being only lightly defended and producing massive amounts of treasure (with most of the troops running around carrying treasure....) and only once or twice had my treasure carracks (I only developed galleons about 25 turns from the end of the game) attacked by Privateers.
It seems the AI doesn't 'appreciate' Victory Points in its strategy calculations (I noticed a similar phenomenon in the Three Sisters scenario) and won't act aggressively to prevent an opponent accumulating VPs or to get VPs itself in the same way it will act to, for example, dominate or get a tech lead.
Any others with similar (or contrasting) experiences?
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