AI Improvements

AI Improvements

from Demigod Forums

Anyone know if the AI will be worked on as a part of any of the updates?  Love the game, just would be nice if the computer attacked and defended instead of just sitting there (in many mid to late part of the game).  I'm not looking for a human level AI, just competant.

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

This would be nice. It sucks playing as QoT and then having your teammate drop (especially with all the 2v2s on Skirmish lately). The AI doesn't understand shielding (and I'm sure auras, healing, flag caps, etc), and results in me having to shift my build in the middle of a game. I'm not sure the AI needs a total overhaul, but it's priorities are not always right. I don't know how many times I've dropped a player to very low health and watched as the AI teammate ran right by, ignoring the enemy. It seems to prioritize flags on the opposite side of the map, even when a teammate is in the area and even when the AI has no teleport scrolls.

 

My biggest complaint about the AI though is how it stands next to locked flags as if it thinks it can override the lock.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

The AI is just plain dumb at times. I've only played a bit of singleplayer, and I've already seen a bunch of AI demigods commit suicide via towers and reinforcements without any other demigods in the area. They also have this bizarre habit of camping just outside a flag's cap radius.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

I learned quickly that having your partner drop in a 2v2 game means you should just quit. The AI was playing as Regalus and decided the best strategy was to sprint directly towards a Rook and get into a slap fight as soon as he was respawned from the last death.

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Good comments.  I just want the AI to attack when it can and run when it should.  I had games where I would beat on an AI player and they would sit there, not attack back, not use a skill, and not run.  The would walk up to me and then walk away a few feet (repeat). I mean, thanks for the gold but ...  :-)    Like I mentioned above, not asking for Human skill level, just a grasp of the game basics.  I B happy if they tweaked the AI just that much.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Yeah, uhm, I love the game overall, but the AI is a bullet point in the marketing. I wonder sometimes if there isn't just a small bug somewhere that is making the AI worse than it really is. I keep hoping that one day they'll fix something like the click bug and the AI will magically start kicking butt.