I was playing my first game of the 1.29f patch last night when I saw something that led me to believe that the AI might have changed a bit from pre-1.29f days.
The treacherous Japanese landed a spearman and an archer on my shores and declared war. They had landed next to a city defended by a single spearman, as were most of the cities on that chunk of the contintent. I often space my cities 3 apart in the early game, so that I can shuttle defenders around in one turn as necessary. So, the nearest city 'donated' it's spearman to the threatened city. At this point, usually the AIs obsession with attacking the weakest city kicks in and it stalks off toward the undefended city. This time, however, it pressed home it's attack on the city it had landed next to, even though it was the best defended city around for at least 10 squares. Never seen that before.
Is the AI exhibiting new behavior? Or have my observations of watching AI stacks 'chase' undefended cities around my empire been anomalous?
I of course, was able to 'exploit' this behavior later, when Aztec horsies impaled themselves on my size 3 town, on a hill, with a wall, staffed by two newly upgraded veteran pikemen. Well, they weren't veterans for long.
The treacherous Japanese landed a spearman and an archer on my shores and declared war. They had landed next to a city defended by a single spearman, as were most of the cities on that chunk of the contintent. I often space my cities 3 apart in the early game, so that I can shuttle defenders around in one turn as necessary. So, the nearest city 'donated' it's spearman to the threatened city. At this point, usually the AIs obsession with attacking the weakest city kicks in and it stalks off toward the undefended city. This time, however, it pressed home it's attack on the city it had landed next to, even though it was the best defended city around for at least 10 squares. Never seen that before.
Is the AI exhibiting new behavior? Or have my observations of watching AI stacks 'chase' undefended cities around my empire been anomalous?
I of course, was able to 'exploit' this behavior later, when Aztec horsies impaled themselves on my size 3 town, on a hill, with a wall, staffed by two newly upgraded veteran pikemen. Well, they weren't veterans for long.
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