Ethics in TA:K

I've made maps for the ai's too ^_^, although sometimes I find one match too 1 sided do to something silly, like going for temple with no mana or like you said yourself, they would be 6 mins into a game and not have a unit other than their monarach

Taros & Zhon AI suck. Aramon is the best AI, second come Veruna & Creon AIs. 3rd is Taros, 4th and last is Zhon.

Zhon AI: Lets make a beast handler, then a sacred fire, Tammuz

Taros AI: Lets patrol lokken until he dies

Creon AI: We dont have many choices to build so whatever we do will most likely work.

Aramon AI: I am gonna make 3 barracks and have them all make catapults! Who needs mana?

Veruna AI: 8 Light houses even though LOS is off!!! 50 bastions will stop them!!!!!!!!! MORTARS!

All the AI suck .

Lord ZacDom wrote:

Zhon AI: Lets make a beast handler, then a sacred fire, Tammuz

Taros AI: Lets patrol lokken until he dies

Creon AI: We dont have many choices to build so whatever we do will most likely work.

Aramon AI: I am gonna make 3 barracks and have them all make catapults! Who needs mana?
Veruna AI: 8 Light houses even though LOS is off!!! 50 bastions will stop them!!!!!!!!! MORTARS!

All the AI suck .

Nope, things are like this:

* Zhon AI:
Let's randomly make one of the many units choices we have. Let's use our Thirsa as poorly as possible in order to be defeated by a bunch of archers without even waving. In original TAK with an original AI, monarchs NEVER make deities; I don't know where you've seen Thirsa making Tammuz.
* Taros AI:
Let's make Abyss or Temple without having the mana. Let's train a mixed army of any unit we have! And we have a great variety of units! But most of all, Weather Witches are going to walk all the way towards an enemy base just to use their 1st or 2nd attack against them.
* Aramon AI: Let's make a random army, but at least we have a tough monarch and good defenses. If we're lucky enough, let's make a few Trebs to annoy the human player! (Trebs are the main reason Aramon AI is the most effective.)
* Creon AI: Let's make random units (fortunately, there are not plenty of them). If we survive long enough, let's make good defenses by randomly building prismatics (Prismatic Mirrors and the lack of unit versality are the main reasons Creon can stand as an AI). Finally, let's use our Sage's Mortar onto a fast-moving target!!!
* Veruna AI: Let's make random units again while having our Kirenna admiring the handsomeness of enemy units before taking the decision to attack them! However, our units are cheap and we have strong defenses, so we can somewhat stand as an AI if we have time to expand.

All AIs suck, that's true, however some AIs suck more than the rest. There are only three ways for TAK's AI not to suck.
1) Use a custom-made AI.
2) Play a skirmish map where you have just a small sacred stone against AI opponents with 10+ big sacred stones each.
3) Play a co-op multiplayer mission.

lol Arthan, in the Equinox mod, all the races monarchs can create their god, it just takes a freakin hour to finish even with mana to spare. Some ais then act stupid with it build 1 mana and 1 gate then try to build their god, obviously, even the worst ai will beat an ai rushing for god without any units

Do you want a challenge?

If yes, use TA:K Switcher and use ExtremeAI23 and the races that come in (Aramon_AI, Taros_AI, Veruna_AI, Zhon_AI, and Creon_AI). Then launch the game.
Now, go singleplayer and a pick a map (3rd or CD/DC), select your normal race (races without _AI) and the races with _AI, to your AI enemy. Start the game!

Ok, now, try to kill him. If you kill him, start another match, but now, 2 AIs vs you (diferent races). If you win the 2 AIs, go vs 3...

I could only hold 3 AIs (with Aramon's impossibletokill defense), and it was very hard. Never tried with 4 AIs because I never killed the 3 AIs lol, as I said, I could only Hold them, not kill. ;/

The TAK switcher AI are IMPOSSIBLE to defeat!!! I have tried many times. I can hold 4 if I rush strongholds. But I defeated 3 once.... and I can defeat 2 without many problems