u/Peteyy34

Welcome to my second showcase of the AI tendencies in Medieval II: Total War!

I'll be showcasing the data I've collected through hundreds of simulations of the grand campaign to give people (1) statistics and (2) a visual representation of which settlement the AI tends to expand to first!

Next up: HUNGARY

Fun facts:

- Hungary LOVES Bucharest. They expanded to this settlement first in 97 of the 100 simulations (in one simulation, they captured Iasi and Bucharest in the same turn, and in another simulation they captured Zagreb and Bucharest in the same turn).

- As mentioned above, Hungary captured two settlements in one turn two separate times. This resulted in 102 total first settlements captured (it's impossible for me to see which they captured first, so I marked both down, you'll see more of this with Denmark). This resulted in the total percentages equaling 101%.

- When Hungary did not go after Bucharest right away, they almost ALWAYS attempted to take Sofia and ALWAYS failed.

- Hungary is one of the quickest-expanding factions in the game. In 84 of the 97 simulations that they captured Bucharest first, it was done on Turn 4.

- Hungary only expanded to three different settlements in 100 total simulations. They've attempted to take Sofia first, but failed every time.

Is there a certain faction you want to see showcased next? I'll be going through all of them!

Let me know what you think!

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INFO ON HOW THE EXPERIMENT IS BEING CONDUCTED:

• Very Hard / Very Hard difficulty
• I "play" as the Aztecs so I don't interfere with the AI's decision-making and because they're technically a non-playable faction. It basically allows me to be in Spectator Mode for the playable factions.
• I simulate up to a max of 200 turns for the sake of time. If a faction hasn't expanded to another settlement by turn 200, I will end the simulation and mark them down as "N/A (>200)" (and believe me, it happens).
• Mongols & Timurids excluded

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[Please note: I originally began this series six years ago, but did not complete it (only a few factions through). I am re-uploading my already completed factions for new users to see, and then picking up where I left off!]

Welcome to the first showcase of the AI tendencies in Medieval II: Total War!

I'll be showcasing the data I've collected through hundreds of simulations of the grand campaign to give people (1) statistics and (2) a visual representation of which settlement the AI tends to expand to first!

Faction: RUSSIA

Fun facts:

• Russia loves to immediately send two armies going after the town of Moscow to the east and the motte-and-bailey, Helsinki, to the north. They almost always lose the battle of Helsinki (on turn 6), and almost always win the battle of Moscow (on turn 7).
• Russia’s lone simulation in which they captured the wooden castle, Smolensk, happened after failed attempts on Helsinki and Moscow.
• I’m not sure what causes Russia to go after Riga first, but on the few simulations where they did go after the village, they didn’t bother with Moscow. Interestingly enough, they still went after Helsinki first (and failed).
• The Russian’s captured Moscow eight times on turn 9. Each time was the result of a defeat on turn 7 and immediately sieging again on turn 8.
• 79 out of the 88 simulations where Russia takes Moscow first happened on turn 7 (89.7%). Eight of the 88 captured Moscow on turn 9 (9%), and one of the 88 captured Moscow on turn 12 (1.1%).

This is the first faction of Let me know what you think!

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INFO ON HOW THE EXPERIMENT IS BEING CONDUCTED:

• Very Hard / Very Hard difficulty
• I "play" as the Aztecs so I don't interfere with the AI's decision-making and because they're technically a non-playable faction. It basically allows me to be in Spectator Mode for the playable factions.
• I simulate up to a max of 200 turns for the sake of time. If a faction hasn't expanded to another settlement by turn 200, I will end the simulation and mark them down as "N/A (>200)" (and believe me, it happens).
• Mongols & Timurids excluded

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[Please note: I originally began this series six years ago, but did not complete it (only a few factions through). I am re-uploading my already completed factions for new users to see, and then picking up where I left off!]

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