'recruit_priority_offset' How does it work?

[Trailhog250]

I was wondering if someone could enlighten me on this particular part of the EDU..

How does the AI prioritize this? Does it use a ratio method for recruiting units or will it simply always recruit the units with higher recruit_priority_offsets when they're available?

I need to balance it in a mod I'm working on so the AI will build balanced armies.

[Gigantus]

The number you assign represents a priority relative to the overall of the numbers used. The lower the number the higher the priority. The best is to use numbers form 0 to 20 - thereby representing 5% increments.

[MIKE GOLF]

This is very helpful info. Thank you once again Gigantus.

[Gigantus]

One is glad to be of service

[Trailhog250]

The lower the number the higher the priority

So if unit a is using a 2 and unit b is using a 3 it will always build unit a first if it can then?

[Gigantus]

That's the broad idea. But I think it will be more like: it will recruit more of the 2 then of the 3.
It was successfully implemented after the vanilla habit of creating 'catapult armies' due to the 'bang for the buck' recruiting principle.