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Re: Feature Request: Advance Prohibits Advance
- From: Lincoln Peters <sampln at sbcglobal dot net>
- To: Elijah Meeks <elijahmeeks at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: Xconq list <xconq7 at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 12:54:51 -0700
- Subject: Re: Feature Request: Advance Prohibits Advance
- References: <20040905170142.67111.qmail@web13124.mail.yahoo.com>
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 10:01, Elijah Meeks wrote:
> Points for referencing the weirdest cartoon of the
> last half-century. Do you plan on creating
> rocknrule.g after that?
That's one I don't think I've seen.
>
> The problem here is when the AI decides to research
> Arcane Focus and then wastes it's points researching
> overly expensive Technology rather than the more
> efficient Magic. I overcame this problem in Opal
> (Where the AI would research every magic type rather
> than, as I'd hoped, just one or two) by manually
> shutting off all but two 'Schools of Magic'.
> Otherwise, it shows remarkably poor choice in its
> research selections. That's why I'd like firm a
> shut-off like advance-prohibits-advance.
I think that what we need here is a better AI. It should not be too
difficult to at least improve the code that picks advances. I'll look
into it.
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Lincoln Peters
<sampln@sbcglobal.net>
TAPPING? You POLITICIANS! Don't you realize that the END of the "Wash
Cycle" is a TREASURED MOMENT for most people?!