AI is still too passive on some campaign missions (hard difficulty)

[Excelsior7206]

I’m not replaying the campaign until the AI issues have been fully addressed. Kudos to the devs for the improvements made in the most recent patch, but there’s a lot more to be done, especially in regards to their aggression and gathering.

Here’s a link to an in-depth topic of issues with current AI.

Hard, Hardest and Extreme AI

So I’ve played several games, and I can confirm the AI is still far too passive. While there is an improvement, they still don’t quite attack enemy bases frequently, and if they do they pinch the outskirts and then retreat. So a few areas there needs be improvements in: Gathering: earlier farms and plantations as they seem to delay these until very late (post Industrial Age and sometimes Imperial Age). Smaller natural resource gather range/lesser priority for natural resources after Comme…