Belegar Ironhammer (AI) seems a bit broken?

[Princess Pipsqueak]

I was playing an Ikit campaign on turn 24 Belegar Ironhammer rushes into my capital with three and a half full stacks of rangers (great weapons), quarrelers (great weapons) and irondrakes.

I was quite confused since I seem to recall he should have a +50% upkeep for his units at this point of the game where he definitely shouldn't be able to afford an army like that even considering his AI cheats and 1 province he has.

[zefyris]

... isn't the +50% for Belegar player only? Usually AI doesn't get that kind of stuff because it would be way, way too cripling for the AI that doesn't know how to handle that debuff.

Maybe someone can check if he has, but I don't remember him getting it. That would be hella weird imo.

[jtordoff]

Belegar dominates that part of the map, it truly is bizarre, like something is broken, the 4 ghosts are stupidly OP.

[valky]

How old is the game?
Shouildn't ppl know by now, that the AI is given certain 'cheats' to make 'em a challenge?

AI cheats...
AI is not in my favour
AI is blablbla...

The moment, you get ransacked by 4+ HOJO stacks with a sh*tton of catapults = priceless!

I forgot....and while I actually hate cheese (I literally hate cheese *cause 'blergh'):
Some whine?

[6h0$t942]

Even for total war thats F'd. The only one as bad as that ive seen is when in #1 or #2 a lesser vampire faction raised an army of T3-T5 units from a battle ide just fought as a vampire count, around turn 20 or less, and that was the end of that campaign.
I got #3 on a deep sale years after it came out. I wouldve sailed the seas for it, but it was quite cheap at that time. at least 67% off.
At this point after ive had a couple interesting engagements and clearly defeated them, and the Ai does its "Im going to sit in my last castle and have 4 stacks in 5 turns" ♥♥♥♥...I just delete them via the console. Im an old man now, i dont have time for that bs.

[Tunguska]

Originally posted by 6h0$t942:

Even for total war thats F'd.

Eh, easy to deal with. Measly three mediocre Dwarf armies by turn 24, as Skaven you have access to all your best units by then, because food.

Also you should have two armies by then at the minimum, and if you didn't expect Belegar to declare war on you when playing Ikit, you're just being dumb.

[Sarumoon]

I kinda doubt the AI Belegar takes the +50% upkeep penalty?

[SIX]

Originally posted by Sarumoon:

I kinda doubt the AI Belegar takes the +50% upkeep penalty?

He does not

[Aleera]

Mechanics are not used by the AI.

So, the AI gets no grudge system as Dwarfs. They simply get access to grudge settler unit's.
Similiar with other races that have such special recruitment.
Blessed spawn for lizardmen, AI just gets to randomly recruit them, no mission needed.

The AI also doesn't get access to things like Ikitt's workshop. Thrott's laboratory. Grom's cauldron.

[pascal.difolco]

AI has no increased upkeep and recruit as fst as possible
Real problem is T2 dawi units are really good, and with Ancestors in addition it makers formidable armies