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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: NeverMan<br/>
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Tater, <br/>
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Here's the problem and the truth of it:<br/>
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You paid $70 for this game. You think that's a lot of money to pay for a game (and I'd agree). Sadly, not that many people have probably bought the game (I'll leave it ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Mardonius<br/>
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If you run the numbers (Sales numbers times product price), it is impossible for Matrix to support a full time employee based on the relatively small sales of this release. All of the positive marketing spin -- well most -- was evaporated ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: pzgndr<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I think the AI could be improved tremendously ... It has been that way from the start...it hasn't changed much...<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Of course it can be improved! Unfortunately the AI hasn't received much attention ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Dancing Bear<br/>
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This is a political game first and a military one second. You won't get too much political from an AI. Practice with the AI, but you really want to play this game PBEM (version 1.08).
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Partly true ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: NeverMan<br/>
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yep, the AI for this game SUCKS, it's HORRIBLE...<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Very true...<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>... will it get better? Maybe. How much better? Probably not much.
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Disagree...the AI ...

<t> I gave the new version a try...<br/>
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Set-ups (particularly naval) were much better. However, within a month or two it falls apart. <br/>
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The French still don't defend their navy adequatly. The Spanish wast no time in congregating their entire navy in Cadiz guarded by a 1 factor ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>You are mistaken about the game of EiA. It is not just a land conflict system. Per the original rules introduction "EMPIRES IN ARMS is a strategic and diplomatic game for up to 7 players that covers the Napoleonic wars from 1805 until 1815." There is no necessary prejudice ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Youse guys can handle mixed corps with infantry, militia and cavalry, plus combined arms with guard, cavalry and artillery corps, and an associated complex land combat system with leaders and tactical chits, but... a similar naval game adds "needless" complexity? Too funny ...

<t> In EiA a "ship" factor represented a naval capability and not a specific type ship. A fleet could fight, transport, evade and pursue. Why? Because a fleet was a combination of several type ships that added together had a certain capability.<br/>
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The EiANW has added, in my opinion ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Thank you for the personal attack Ashtar.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Well, insinuating that Ashtar was only arguing his point out of self-interest was pretty much a personal attack. So, in fact, you started the personal stuff first in this thread.<br/>

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<t> The AI simply doesn't value navies much at all. They don't exert any effort resources to defend them even when it would be a fairly simple thing to do.<br/>
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For example, I drop a single corp on Amsterdam and drove of the Dutch corp but failed to breach. The French had 2-3 corp within ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Marshall Ellis<br/>
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Hey guys:<br/>
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I am adding the second capital to Russia (St Pete's).<br/>
Russia will have 2 capitals (St Pete's and Moscow). <br/>
Enemy unbesieged occupation of EITHER of these will cause Russia to collect no money.<br ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Thresh<br/>
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I think those people who were expecting to play a game against 6 AI opponents and encounter the same game play idiosyncrasies and subtleties when playing 6 other humans <B><s>[b]</s>were setting the bar a bit high<e>[/b]</e></B>...<e>[/quote ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jimmer<br/>
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So, in other words, you didn't want an answer; you wanted the right to bellyache.
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So, IOW, you just want to get defensive. [8|]<br/>
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The AI still has crappy initial set-ups. Your so called "answers" don ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Thresh<br/>
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And that setup can be punished as well by competent players. I've won against it as Britain, and beaten it as France.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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No set-up wins or loses the game. After about a year or two, assuming the initial set-up wasn ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jimmer<br/>
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The setups are files. You can create your own, and always have been able to. If you don't like it, change it.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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If I wanted to play myself I could have saved my cash and just played the boardgame solitaire. [8|]<br ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: NeverMan<br/>
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Makes sense to me but then again everyone here thinks I'm some crazy raving lunatic because I want this game to be good and it's not there.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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I was willing to give the benefit of the doubt for a while...but now ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Marshall Ellis<br/>
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I think tactically it is better. There should be better chit selection management. I strategically it is better as well since there are much smarter diplomatic moves.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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You must have a different patch than ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: NeverMan<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: ndrose<br/>
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There are different schools of thought about what to do with the French navy. All the eggs in one basket is a plausible choice, but the AI just hasn't figured out the "watch that basket ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Thresh<br/>

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I opened a new game as GB. When the set-up step open up, I looked for one thing...was the whole French navy grouped in one port with a 1factor garrison...and it was!!<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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There are worse setups ...