The AI could be improved easily by building 3-4 saw mills during the beginning of the game. :-)

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But not if you play with low or very low goods ;)

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I agree in special cases: when playing with high starting resources on large, wide open maps with lots of plant & building space and more than enough stones to gather and with some trees close to the starting location the ai would benefit greatly from building more sawmills at the start.

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Yeah, but he is also right, currently the AI isn't able to build a working wood production.

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Well, no idea what's the right build order in terms of pro-gaming, but the AI is running out of wood really soon. That's surely not the way you guys would be playing ... other than that the AI is quite challenging :-)

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I agree with the suggestion of improving the wood production chain, and also I would add more/better solders to protect headquarters and harbours. It is common, that a strong, developed settlement loses its main building, only because it happens to be to close to boarders. Maybe it should be always 10% of country's military power, or dynamic algorithm depending on the situation.

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