A question of difficulty levels

[Al'Kimiya]

Hello everyone,

The last two games I've played I have tried the maximize military spending (high tax and spending ratings) and pumped out colony ships every 2 turns from Earth and quite fast also from colonized worlds. I've played on a large galaxy with tight clusters and common habitable worlds. This grants me a quick game and gets a cultural victory within the hour.

However, when I set up the game I set my opponents at a certain difficulty (sub-normal, normal etc.) but when I've won the levels says beginner and I get a very low score. Is this due to some built-in countermeasure for this early colonization tactic and if so, must I delay my colonize frenzy in order for the opponents to get suffiently strong to get to the difficulty levels I've set up, or is it a bug?

[Madine]

It has nothing to do with how you play, and it's not a bug.

Try setting the difficulty to bright or intelligent

[Al'Kimiya]

Originally posted by Madine
It has nothing to do with how you play, and it's not a bug.

Try setting the difficulty to bright or intelligent

But why hasn't the AI the same difficulty level I give it at start when the game is over (when using this strategy)?

[unic]

The levels for the AI is not the same as the level for the game (as you can set them individually) - when setting the levels for the AI's, it is shown in one corner what the level for the game as a whole becomes.

So, with all AI's at the easiest (fool? or am I misremembering?) level, the difficulty for the game is "cakewalk". With all AI's at sub-normal, the difficulty for the game is (as you noticed) "beginner". And so on...

/unic

[Al'Kimiya]

Originally posted by unic
The levels for the AI is not the same as the level for the game (as you can set them individually) - when setting the levels for the AI's, it is shown in one corner what the level for the game as a whole becomes.

So, with all AI's at the easiest (fool? or am I misremembering?) level, the difficulty for the game is "cakewalk". With all AI's at sub-normal, the difficulty for the game is (as you noticed) "beginner". And so on...

/unic

Yes, I know that!

But when I won my sub-normal opponents were listed as beginner. This has happened when I've won quickly. Harder AI seems to play as good as I set them too though.