Is there a way to change the difficulty for the AI in multiplayer matches? My buddy and I were playing a team match last night against AI and while the AI was super aggressive it was pathetically easy to beat. I'd like to have King AI at the least.
Is there a way to change the difficulty for the AI in multiplayer matches? My buddy and I were playing a team match last night against AI and while the AI was super aggressive it was pathetically easy to beat. I'd like to have King AI at the least.
It's on king, however you can't change
Really? This AI was still in the ancient era in 1800AD.Originally Posted by MorteEterna
Yeah, I would really like to hear 100% for sure that it is King difficulty, and I would also like to know why we can't select the difficulty. King is far too hard for beginners when trying to play with a new friend it dominates them, and King is far too easy for an expert player... We should be able to choose AI in Player Matches at least, perhaps Ranked matches should be locked at King.
For teaching friends/playing a hard team game with friends it would be nice to be able to turn it up or down...I hope this is coming in the patch Elizabeth.
I hope the patch addresses not being able to set the multiplayer AI difficulty setting. This is a deal breaker for my friends and I. Our favorite way to play is co-op against the AI, but right now they're far too easy. I love the game but not being able to change the multiplayer AI settings and not being able to play scenario's in multiplayer(at least in player/private matches) is aggrevating (and makes the games WAY too long).
Agreed. Not being able to set the AI in multiplayer mode really ruins things for me. Playing Co-Op with your friends just stinks because the AI is way too easy. The game becomes boring very quickly. Which is a bummer--taking on 3 tough AI's with a friend could be awesome.
I hope this is addressed in a patch, because otherwise I think I'll probably trade the game in. Single-player is fun, but I have Civ 4 on my PC if I want to play single-player Civ.
^^^Same here. If they aren't going to let me change the AI level in multiplayer(which should be SIMPLE to implement) I'll probably trade the game in too. The main reason I bought it was co-op online against the AI. It never crossed my mind they wouldn't let you change the AI difficulty in multiplayer (how does a design decision like this ever make it through the process?????)
If you read the manual it says the difficulty is scaled based on your skills in the game. I assumed that meant that if you and a buddy had both beaten a game on emporer that it would set the AI difficulty to Emporer.
Has anyone tested that?
^^^No, but why bother scaling, when they could just letting us set the difficulty level ourselves? Why force me to win on single player Emporer or Deity when all I want to do is play co-op online on Emporer or Deity?
I agree its not the best design choice (by far) but I was just wondering if anyone had read that in the manual and/or tested it. I would be pretty dissappointed if I couldn't change the difficulty somehow in team based multiplayer.
I'll try it out sometime this week and let you know what I find out.
Still I find it a very lame design decision. Its another one of those things they try to get fancy with(auto AI scaling, how cool would that be - NOT) and don't need too...
Last edited by Cheesewiz99; 07-21-2008 at 11:05 AM.
I just want to bump this thread as I wholly endorse it. We need options in multiplayer, 2k, PLEASE. Let us change the difficulty. And could we please, please, have victory conditions other than domination in local play?
Now that I've beaten the game multiple times on Emporer level I tried multiplayer again, didn't seem to make much difference. The AI was still as dumb(and easy) as ever.
THEY REALLY NEED TO MAKE THE AI DIFFICULTY CHANGABLE IN MULTIPLAYER! PLAYING THE AI ON KING LEVEL IS NOT FUN!
Sorry for the caps, but this issue is really annoying for me. Co-op is basically impossible because the AI is so bad.
This Is The Dumbest Thing I Have Ever Seen Patch This Immediately My God Is 2k Full Of Idiots?
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