Difference Between Difficulty Levels

Atreidi · #1 September 21st, 2007, 04:28 PM

Other than the obvious easy is easier than hard and hard is easier than impossible, What is the difference in the difficulties.

Does the computer cheat in in the Harder levels or does it get dumber on the easier levels?

Burnsaber · #2 September 21st, 2007, 04:32 PM

It cheats more the higher the difficulty level. No one has the excat numbers on how much, but the AI gets a definite gold income+ on Mighty and Impossible levels.

Folket · #3 September 21st, 2007, 06:15 PM

The exact number have been posted on the board. Search for them. And ask Edi to put them in the FAQ.

sector24 · #4 September 21st, 2007, 06:36 PM

I think the computer gets more points to spend on their pretender god and scales at the higher difficulty levels. So while it's possible to get more gold as an impossible AI, it's not guaranteed. They can still choose magic paths or dominion and take bad scales.

As far as "cheating" the computer does have access to information that it shouldn't such as which provinces you own and your national army size and strength. But it also has many disadvantages to offset its limited omniscience.

This is just what I've gleaned from other posts, you probably want to confirm this info on your own.

Frostmourne27 · #5 September 21st, 2007, 09:12 PM

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sector24 said:
I think the computer gets more points to spend on their pretender god and scales at the higher difficulty levels. So while it's possible to get more gold as an impossible AI, it's not guaranteed. They can still choose magic paths or dominion and take bad scales.

Yes, computer gods get more points on high difficulties. Of course, they waste them, but w/e.

Atreidi · #6 September 21st, 2007, 10:37 PM

Is that it they get more gold per turn and more Dominion Points?

tibbs · #7 September 21st, 2007, 10:43 PM

I'm playing on impossible. I killed a cpu god, a wyrm, and then two turns later he's back.

Redfrog · #8 September 22nd, 2007, 12:15 AM

AI cheat

Resource, magic gem and money bonuses are -30%, 0%, 30%, 60%, 100%

Design point bonuses are 0, 0, +50, +100, +150 points

Sombre · #9 September 22nd, 2007, 01:08 AM

I don't know if they're quicker to call their god back, but I do know that when I took an AIs cap and killed their god, he kept coming back to attack the PD there every other turn, literally.

So either they had enough priests to keep calling him back in 1 turn, despite only owning 4 other provinces, or they cheat at call god.

Cor2 · #10 September 22nd, 2007, 01:24 AM

I am sure they cheat at calling gods back. Several times in different games playing the AI I have killed their god just to have to fight it the very next turn (I controlled their capital).

No they were not immortal

and yes I am sure they died (watched it, got the killed god message, and saw it lost magic paths, DEAD)

and no the AI could not possibly have had that many preists.

How do you set preists to call god before your god dies anyway?