Unclean Beast and Light AI

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Is it just me or should the lead programmer at stardock get the can?  Who invented the AI for npc's?  Every single game I get into, an UB spits his poison on one of my allies and he is dead.  There is no saving him, completely tipping the scale in their favor.   No wonder the light side is getting demolished in the pantheon.  The AI is horrific, not to mention how ridiculously OP the unclean beasts poison attack is.

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Thats because UB is a bit OP at the moment.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

i played as QoT and UB vs Rook and Sedna.  UB and Sedna were AI.  UB did absolutely nothing of value.  Yes the AI sucks, but UB is not OP.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Sandman121, reply 1
Thats because UB is a bit OP at the moment.
End of Sandman121's quote

If anyone is Op which none of them really are, i'd say it'd be erebus' insane burst he can do.

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Yup, the AI is bad.

And as many know, the excuse "this game is made for multiplayer" doesn't realy work today.

 

Sometimes I think I myself, alone could make a better AI on the Warcraft 3 engine (which is based on C programming language if that matters) than what we have in demigod.

 

Instead of making the AI "cheat" in gold and experience (that's totaly bullshit) I would make the AI cheat in something else -_-

Like what is the AI good at (and PC's in general)? Counting numbers!

 

So why can't the guys at Stardock make the AI cheat by making some extra calculation, like a situation:
An AI is chasing some Demigod with low hp's. Maybe 2-3 hits and it's dead. So how could the AI "cheat"?

It could calculate it's own speed compared to the other demigod, see how much hit points it has, what damage and rate of fire do towers have and how fast will the towers kill the AI? How much time will the AI need to kill the low HP Demigod? Will it be a good idea to try to kill the demigod based on the calculations? Will the AI be able to escape without dieing?

 

After making these calculations that will be completely invisible for the normal players, the AI concludes:

Hmmm.... I will kill the guy in 6.3 seconds, but the towers will deal too much damage to me and when I attempt to get out of there, I will die 99%. Hmmmm....  *Randoms a number between 1 and 100, which appears to be 27* Well, I guess I better leave that guy and try something else *AI retreats*.

 

 

And about UB or any other demigod, I think that the game is pretty balanced, but the AI just appears to be playing some Demigods better than others (like it totaly kicks ass with Regulus and Oak, but sux for Rook).

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Xinoxlx, reply 3

Quoting Sandman121, reply 1Thats because UB is a bit OP at the moment.
If anyone is Op which none of them really are, i'd say it'd be erebus' insane burst he can do.
End of Xinoxlx's quote
Doesn't Bite max out at 1200 damage once you hit level 15? I do get quite alot of kills with Erebus, but mostly because new players assume he's fragile, and that they'll be able to kill me by entering the round at 50% health while I'm at 100%. I don't even want to imagine fighting a skilled player with Erebus...

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Sowaka, reply 5

Quoting Xinoxlx, reply 3
Doesn't Bite max out at 1200 damage once you hit level 15? I do get quite alot of kills with Erebus, but mostly because new players assume he's fragile, and that they'll be able to kill me by entering the round at 50% health while I'm at 100%. I don't even want to imagine fighting a skilled player with Erebus...
End of Sowaka's quote

 

Are you serious?!  What's the Torch Bearers fireball max out at?  Does Regulus's sniper shot even get that high?

Man, get Vamp Lord, Torch Bearer, and Oak on the same team and we've got ourselves quite the all-star lineup, don't we?

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

Bite is melee, fireball is range.

 

Also, bite has a bug where it doesn't work on running demigods.

Reply #9 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Somaz, reply 7
Bite is melee, fireball is range.

 

Also, bite has a bug where it doesn't work on running demigods.
End of Somaz's quote

 

Bite converts damage to health and he has bat swarm. He's strong but someone like sedna or oak with good timing on shield / silence will kill him. (wow maybe he is op as the first counters that came to mind were other generals >.>)