Wanted to enjoy the new archipelago map. The AI takes a very long time to build a dock and then does maybe one naval landing on a trading post island and then abandons the units there, sometimes doesn’t even get that much done. Free win at the moment, which is a shame as it would be an interesting map for some naval goodness
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AI does not work on island based maps. This isn’t uniqe to Archipelago.
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Really? They seem to do fine on Caribbean.
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Caribbean is fine because you can build a base on your island. The AI does badly on maps where you must eventually move out and establish a new economy on a bigger mainland.
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similar applies to aoe2 AI to this day, migration style water maps would require different script to work properly
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Now the map is removed entirely 
Not quite what I had in mind with this request
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Mate I noticed that too, the Archipelago map disappeared !
Has anyone seen any explication regarding its removal ?
It was a fun map !
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The map hasn’t been removed, it is currently multiplayer only.
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So in theory it could still potentially make a comeback, thats great news
I think that’s the plan. First they need time to develop a functional AI for it, then it can come to singleplayer.
water map specific script could then also be used for ceylon, and as a basis for aoe2 ai on migration, especially if the devs have promi working on both