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Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version)

(March 16th, 2013, 13:24)coldsteel Wrote:
(March 15th, 2013, 16:29)Anthony Wrote: The problem with wraiths isn't really AI targeting; it doesn't help, but a unit of wraiths is pretty much unbeatable early game even with perfect play (in my mod, I'm considering reducing counters on wraiths and death knights from 4 to 2).
Yes, wraiths are the toughest - but the computer could still beat them sometimes if it aimed its magic-shooters, alchemy-equipped-shooters, and magic spells against the wraith instead of those lowly undead hell hounds and undead spearmen

For me that's the way to avoid, modelling the AI on an extreme, unbalanced feature of the game. This way, we finish with an AI able to stop Wraiths or an Invulnerable Guardian spirit or Pathfinding Basilisk or ..., but in 95% of other cases the AI completely fails to do its duty and it'll be worse than vanilla.

11-book strategies are extreme cases, they create massive (albeit enjoyable) havoc in game balance. The only good way to deal with them is to mod their mechanics or - most simply - not play with them. Nota bene: if you dislike AI playing with them, like Jafar and his Storm giants, mod the original 11-books wizards in Magic.exe, and the probability of appearance of an 11-book AI wizard will steeply drop.

There are valid ways to partly counter 11-book strategies, and I have used some in 1.40 already (invulnerable GS is harder than in vanilla; also, prayer is not bugged in favour of the player anymore!). For 11-book wraiths, there's only 1 idea I have that could be implemented (and that would not harm AI seriously), and that is DISPEL EVIL as a tech priority for white book's player, when there's a Death Human player around. Dispel evil, uncommon spell, will take a whole wraith unit down in one turn. - But that's colour limited.
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RE: Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version) - by kyrub - March 16th, 2013, 21:04
Sorry for placing this here - by CujoQuarrel - December 24th, 2016, 08:28
Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version) - by Asfex - September 10th, 2011, 03:59
Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version) - by Asfex - September 13th, 2011, 09:33
Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version) - by kyrub - September 14th, 2011, 07:21
Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version) - by Asfex - September 14th, 2011, 11:05
Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version) - by Jtm - September 18th, 2011, 09:57
Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version) - by kyrub - September 19th, 2011, 02:17
Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version) - by kyrub - September 19th, 2011, 05:28
Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version) - by Asfex - September 16th, 2012, 02:24
Master of Magic unofficial patch (latest version) - by Asfex - September 16th, 2012, 10:35

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