Nuke happy AI

[jbavon]

I don't really have any problems with it.

[Boris Godunov]

I've never been nuked by the AI. I've only seen nukes used in 1 game, wherein I reduced Askia's empire to ashes with them at the end of the game. Otherwise, I've never used them, nor have had them used on me.

[gdijedi7]

Never been nuked, but I have nuked.

It's fun.

I actually like nukes as they are, except that I think it's a bit silly to have nuclear missiles with a shorter range than an a-bomb.

In Civ III and Civ 4, there was no point to nukes. They were too weak to do anything, and in Civ 4, the game quickly became unfun due to unreversable desertification.

I suppose there should probably be a diplomatic penalty to using them, but really, we don't know that there isn't.

[Addled Platypus]

I prefer the tennis racket approach to defense

[chemist]

Any ideas if there is a way to stop the AI using nukes too readily? I've not been nuked when I have them myself but for a second game where I don't have uranium and one of them does I'm getting nukes dropped on me - by Gandhi! (what happened to non violent protest?)

Well, I believe the India quest for the nuclear bomb began under a Gandhi. Why shouldn't the AI nuke you? do you expect it to let you win?

[CerberusIV]

Well, I believe the India quest for the nuclear bomb began under a Gandhi. Why shouldn't the AI nuke you? do you expect it to let you win?

No, but I do expect some diplomatic consequences factored in to discourage first use of nuclear weapons, even by the AI, and I do expect to have some leaders more aggressive than others - so far I'm disappointed on both counts.

[chemist]

No, but I do expect some diplomatic consequences factored in to discourage first use of nuclear weapons, even by the AI,

Diplomacy doesn't count for much in the game, so the AI is likely playing correctly. When I play I've never given diplomacy the least heed before using nuclear weapons, and it didn't seem to hurt me. Have you noticed otherwise?

[Boracks]

You can be denounced early in the game for no apparent reason by someone who was friendly. So what's a nuke or two going to make different?