Posts from Discussion about the game's artificial intelligence.

The EA guy doesn't make games, he publishes them; you should compare it to Ubi Soft instead. And the AI, compared to the third game, is worse in terms of strategy, but I personally prefer the fifth game for its tactics.

How is that possible?! This has never happened to me before. I'm experiencing the same thing. After installing the patches, the AI now retreats after every battle, which significantly affects the hero's level.

Oops, I messed up. But it's still Ubisoft, and they probably would have done a much better job.

Oops, I messed up. But it's still Ubisoft, and they would have probably done a much better job.

You didn't understand; they are the publishers, they don't make games. Ubi assigned the game to a developer, i.e., Nival. And the game turned out great; it has many advantages and, in my opinion, only one drawback: the strategic AI, which seems to be fixed with patches.
P.S. You should at least learn a little about the topic before commenting.
P.P.S. Sorry for being harsh.

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Oops, I messed up. But even Ubisoft would probably do a much better job.

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And regarding the AI, it glitches out for me too, just to run back and glitch out again!

P.S. Try to understand the topic at least a little bit first before jumping in with comments.
P.P.S. Sorry for being blunt.

Apology accepted, I really don't know much about the gaming industry. I mean, only on the level of an average gamer. And please ignore that other part, I messed up, yeah.

And the game turned out great, it has many pluses and one IMHO drawback: the strategic AI, which seems to be getting fixed with patches.

The strategic AI seems quite alright actually. If it's low on forces, it retreats, steals your dwellings, and generally behaves reasonably in most cases. It's normal, overall...

You don't understand, it's the publishers, they don't make the games. Ubi assigned the game to a developer, i.e., Nival. And the game turned out great, it has many advantages and one, in my opinion, disadvantage: the strategic AI, which seems to be fixed with patches.

Ubisoft also participates in the creation, and Nival consults with Ubisoft before doing anything, and Ubisoft decides whether they need it or not. They own the rights! They originally wanted to make an RTS, but Nival convinced them to bring back the good old heroes. And who removed the Death Knights (our beloved Ubisoft)? In my opinion, they didn't like the units very much.

My AI has been stuck in the Castle for 3 weeks, and it's already week 8, and it's still just sitting there!:D

My AI has been stuck in a castle for 3 weeks, and it's already week 8, and he's still just sitting there!:D

Well, if you keep loitering in front of his castle, he'll be stuck there forever!
And what version of the game do you have?!

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Yep! I'm signaling!... Right in front of five Castles!:)

The AI is terrible, and nothing can be done about it:smile16:

The AI is terrible, and nothing can be done about it:smile16:

That's true (regarding its lack of intelligence), but the claim that nothing can be done about it is unlikely. The developers should at least try to improve it.:D

Hmm...
So far, I haven't noticed any blatant stupidity in the AI:smile28: In the third part, it was much more flawed, especially in the tactical phase.

Regarding the weak strategic AI... I have my own opinion:
in the fifth part, there is simply very little strategy - the AI is designed accordingly. There are few cities, and it takes a long time to travel from one to another. That's why the AI doesn't gather resources (it also attacks not only the monsters that block the path, but also those that stand nearby and guard something - for experience)...
For example, I also rarely gather resources with the main hero - only if it's a very necessary resource or a great artifact - otherwise, I mostly use dogs (the computer does the same). Artifacts aren't that important - because they often repeat, and an artifact on a dog (i.e., unnecessary for the main hero(es)) is potentially an artifact for the enemy. "City Portal" at level 20 and "Dimension Door" at level 15 noticeably hinder communication between heroes...
You can't build up a large army - because all units are expensive...
The fact that the computer doesn't flee often... I don't know. But high-level heroes often end up in taverns even without fleeing, because there are few heroes...

In the tactical phase, the computer is slow, but noticeably less so than in the third part, where it couldn't do anything at all:smile35:

In general, I don't know... The perfect AI hasn't been invented yet:smile53:

Well, I don't know, I don't know. My computer keeps crashing, although there's nothing to crash from. I have a level 1 hero with 8 units, and even though I have very few troops, he would easily defeat me if we fought, but no, he just runs away, and even gives me money. It's ridiculous.

He's not actually that weak; for instance, a friend and I once played as allies on a map, playing as Inferno against 2 teams with 2 computers each... The difficulty level was Hero. Well, about seven times I hid in the city and killed heroes several levels higher than my own hero, and I had only built up my army to succubi, eventually managing to build the temple for devils; my friend had cave demons instead of devils, but their armies were fully upgraded, so they wouldn't let us out—I'd kill one and immediately another identical one would charge in... I even had to defend my friend's castle several times... We fought mainly against a team playing as Haven, and somehow they managed to capture the castles of the second team who were playing as Academy... so by the end, armies from four castles were attacking us... After that, how can you say they are complete losers? Although, of course, you could say that I probably just don't know how to play)) Only this claim would be unfounded))