AI (DE?), AI (CD), AI (HD?)

[buds]

I play single player only and I tried searching answers to this questions.

Is the AI the definitive edition? Is it more challenging and fun to play against? I play against extreme always and would like to know it’s behaviors.

What’s AI (cd)?

Currently I play AI (hd) thinking it’s the best AI to play against in “high definition “😜.

What AI version have civilizations build walls? I plan on trying to use a siege tower.

I used to play Byzantines in AoE2 hd and they used to have a better looking wall but right now on DE they look very less better. Any civilization with a different and much better looking walls?

TY!

[Mr_Cossack]

A.i is the newest and currently best a.i when not bugged. HD is a.i from 2013 edition and CD is the original a.i from 20 years ago.

CD a.i is the only a.i that uses both walls and formations. Although if you play with the new a.i you can tell allies to build a wall around their town and they will wall them selves up.

[buds]

Thanks!

[The Lyre]

The new AI is pretty strong, but bugged atm. Hardest Challenge is HD-AI. as it uses SOME of the new features, but not all, and booms and fights quite well.

[Comric]

Small example:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1916219210

[Arrancar]

Actually HD AI is pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥ now. It never builded walls in HD before, it always spammed units like crazy in castle age and now it does not. Also it always takes it forever to go from castle age to imperial age.
When I was playing 2v2, with HD AI vs 2xDE AI on Hard, DE AI beat it easily.
DE AI in Imperial age plays similar to HD AI did in HD version in castle age. So it will mass units like crazy, usually gold units+ram and later trebs. If it will run out of gold, it will start sending massive armies of trash. Problem with DE is that it will actually micro and turn units back after few castle shots. HD never did this and if you killed the rams rest of it's army was destroyed by castles.
But than again I am bad at this game lol. It took me over 2 hours to beat DE AI on Hard in 1v1.

[Comric]

The interesting thing from the picture and from what was written is the spam castle made by the DE AI, at this point I wonder what would happen if the map had very few stone reserves.
The DE AI would go crazy or start spamming low-medium-high cost soldiers ?

[buds]

I’ve been on my 2v2 on HD AI, I play the Byzantine ad my ally is Britons, against Bulgarian and Lithuanians, all extreme.

My plan is just to neutralize 1 AI by tower rush so I can keep pace with all of them, put up good defenses and break alliance, convert more AI unique and heavy units and play to infinity.

But as the opponents’ ally help his embattled teammate, my ally is becoming strong and eventually overrun and destroy the Bulgarian enemy and will March towards the Lithuanians with little resistance. If I become softer to the Lithuanians my plans for the game will be ruined. I’ve been reloading saved game after saved games and trying to figure out the best approach.

I’ve been delaying my market so my ally can’t trade early or barring its villager/s on my encampment from chopping down trees and gathering my reserved mines. My last approach will be to steal his gold and stones. Idk if there is a way to get my ally longbows archers or any units so I can control and reduce his assault on our enemies?

That’s why I’ve asked info about various types of AI for my next play through. Thanks to all the inputs!