Diplomacy works...

**Oddball_E8** · July 27, 2008, 07:21 AM

well... im playing HRE and ive taken alexandria and the castle east of it and now the egyptians have assaulted my walls for years on end...

theyre wearing me down (i started with two full stacks and im down to about 300 men in each city) but ive had extremely nasty battles each time and caused horrendous damage to the egyptians (since most of my troops consisted of dismounted crusader knights and crusader sergeants... and those guys just dont give up... also theyve been gaining experience like mad and are now all silver, and some gold)

so i finally thought "well ill try a ceasfire now then" (because when i did it after their first failed assault on the two towns they were not really receptive) and now they thought my offer was very generous...

just goes to show, hang in there and wear the enemy down and they will accept a creasefire eventually...

the "thermopoly" concept works i guess hehe

**ssmarine** · July 27, 2008, 09:43 AM

What AI are you using? The default AI or Lusteds updated AI? Lusteds updated AI is so passive it seems like they want too many ceasefires in my experience. Im just curious because its kind of frustrating that the AI doesnt want to fight long wars in any of my campaigns anymore.

**Barser** · July 27, 2008, 09:56 AM

ssmarine: i have to agree. But there is a solution... Get a low reputation. Then they will all attack you.

**Oddball_E8** · July 27, 2008, 02:42 PM

well i havent added any AI yet.. been thinking about it, but didnt get around to it... but isnt lusteds included in 6.1? or is that just the battle ai?

**Barser** · July 27, 2008, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Oddball_E8

well i havent added any AI yet.. been thinking about it, but didnt get around to it... but isnt lusteds included in 6.1? or is that just the battle ai?

The newest lusted update is not included. I am thinking of downloading it myself.
Can anyone confirm any major changes?

**The Noble Lord** · July 27, 2008, 04:18 PM

I downloaded brand new Lusted's BAI and CAI and its great.
Its much better than the default one. You should definitely give it a try.

CHEERS

**LionQ** · July 27, 2008, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by The Noble Lord

I downloaded brand new Lusted's BAI and CAI and its great.
Its much better than the default one. You should definitely give it a try.

CHEERS

So... what's the difference?

**Oddball_E8** · July 27, 2008, 06:42 PM

yeah, just saying its great doesnt really help hehe...

what may seem great to you might suck for others...

**ssmarine** · July 27, 2008, 07:34 PM

Ive been playing with the new Lusted CAI for a while and the AI seems to make more logical decisions in most cases. The AI seems to play defense alot better by stacking cities with more units and keeping large reinforcing armies nearby.
It can still be extremely passive. For example, on a Late Lithuanian camp i was able to demand tributes right off the bat from Novgorod and TO which doesnt really make since strategically since Lithuania isnt exactly a superpower starting out. I wish Lusted had the time to tweak it just a little more but I guess hes busy working on Empire.