A.I galleys

[ASHBERY76]

I keep seeing A.I galley's going way out to sea and mine can't why is this.

[Kc7mxo]

Cause its cheating. Or cause it has the great lighthouse.

[Grunthex]

The AI doesn't cheat. In fact getting the Lighthouse, and being able to travel out there yourself is a near sure-fire way to discover at least one uninhabited island/continent before the AI can ever get out there.

And remember you can go out to sea just fine, you just have a chance of sinking. The way the AI builds units, it might not CARE. But in general it's galleys do hug the coast.

[Kc7mxo]

Really? Are u sure? I've seen the AI do some wierd things. Make bee lines for certain undefended cities, charge straight at undefended workers in the middle of nowhere he CAN'T see.

Are you sure?

[ASHBERY76]

I at first thought it was the lighthouse effect but then i noticed other empire's galley's doing the same.

[davwhitt]

I've seen this too - computer galleys crossing oceans with no trouble - even when it was my civ that had the lighthouse wonder. I believe it is a bug because the original Civilization had the exact same bug.

[Thoth]

I've been watching my Roman allies sail their galleys down my coast for the last couple of hours. They ignore the effects of ocean/sea sinking.

(but don't they look cute next to my frigates )

[Sarxis]

I have had my galleys sink, but sometimes I can get away with staying out in the sea/oceans with them for quite a while.

I hope that Firaxis will tone down AI cheating- right now, it is doing some pretty annoying things.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

I've seen an AI galley sink in the ocean before...I don't think it's cheating, I think they just send lots of them out there and ignore the danger.

[The Eliminator]

I'm pretty sure the AI has "super galleys" because they sink my vetran Ironclads all the time.

[davwhitt]

I have had similar problems. Playing on chieftain level I have had veteran frigates lose 9 out of 10 battles against regular or veteran caravels.