Difficulty level

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by Randolph
I'd prefer emperor myself. Enough so the AI isn't a complete pushover, but also isn't the focus of the game. The one thing I don't like about having AI in general is that it will skew the research rate. On deity (emperor to a lesser extent) the pace of early research will be much faster than with no AI (because: 1. the AI will research very quickly, 2. we will crush them and take their research). I?d also hate to see AI nations being used as ?GL factories?.

I agree Randolph.

Those who want the AI participating in the MP game are more or less conciously attempting to postpone the serious confrontation.

[alva]

mmm, I still think there shouldn't be any AI

IMO if an ai is present, it's gonna be race to take them out asap, to gain as much as is possible and deny other humans civs the opportunity to do the same.

WHY have AI's running around, now that we finally have MP

[Donegeal]

Originally posted by Arnelos
Agree with the growing consensus here. We'll have to watch those warmongers carefully, but they'll be forced to be our buddy pals in the early going

MUWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[realpolitic]

I vote empororer. Although we're likely to win in the CivIII democracy game, it took to the mid-Middle Ages before we lead in the stats, so we'll have to build & be cautious in the beginning. Once a human player attacks the AI he becomes a target, but if we aren't aggressive enough with the AI, then they become dangerous at this level.

[Jon Shafer]

I agree with Emperor. It gives the AI enough bite to make things interesting, but I really don't think dealing with the AI should be the focus of this game...

I'll set up a poll.

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by alva848

WHY have AI's running around, now that we finally have MP

This is the point.