Hi Mohawk Games Dev,
First of all, a little feedback. When I was browsing the games on sales from Steam, and found nothing that I'd rather play but Offworld Trading company, I realize how much I love this game. Thank you.
Something I've noticed about this game's AI is that AI skirmish game is easier to win, when there are more players. I found myself struggling to win against 3 AI players in skirmish on Manager difficulty. In the same time, I could consistently win against 4 AI players on Manager difficulty.
Why is that?
My hypothesis is that the mini-maxing AI are getting into each other's ways. When there are more resource tiles available (in the case of 3 players), they are able to utilize them optimally. When there are less resource tiles available ( in the case of 4 players), they are performing sub-optimally. What I can't explain is that in such sub-optimal situation, the human player comes out on top.
Cheers.