Paradox Development Studio Advent Calendar #15: Wiz

[TrueCoppa]

Right now I mostly play Arkham Horror, Agricola, Diplomacy, Mansions of Madness, Axis&Allies... so a mix really. Favorites vary a bit but nothing beats Axis & Allies 1940 with both boards combined.



The strait was added because there was no time to work on naval AI, pretty much. Nobody was happy with the solution but it made the British AI more active in Europe so I felt it was a lesser evil.

The problem is that France, even if it has no navy, can march across the strait and completely occupy Great Britain if the UK doesn't put a ship in that sea zone. But that also brings up a different problem, the UK never stations enough troops in the mainland, making them too easy to crush.

 

[Mef]

Does this mean, in a near or distant future, that the naval AI will receive work? I hope it does

No, they're done with V2, so no more expansions or patches.
Unless Wiz manages to become an actual AI that can work on 10 projects simultaneously. Could there be anything that PDS would love more than that?

 

[EUnderhill]

The strait was added because there was no time to work on naval AI, pretty much. Nobody was happy with the solution but it made the British AI more active in Europe so I felt it was a lesser evil.

I'd really love to see the results of you getting to design a Victoria AI from the ground up, rather than having to swing the kludge-o-matic at flies.