In Gods & Kings the AI started to expand properly. Even expansionist Civilizations such as Darius (Persia) start out with 3 cities. In “vanilla” Civilization V the online multiplayer AI is extremely passive.
To keep things fair you are better off promising each other not to attack and keep everyone in their own team. Therefore you are essentially researching twice as fast. If you team up with your friend you will share all research. Just increase the difficulty level if you are playing in the same team as your friend. Since I am usually playing Civilizaiton V cooperatively with friends this tends to be an issue! Creating a more challenging Civilization V multiplayer experienceīut first some general tips to improve your cooperative multiplayer experience! Do not group the AI in a teamĭo not group AI’s together in a team. Meaning they grow slower, start less wars and engage in less challenging attacks. Not only do they never suggest trades, they are actually more passive in general.
Civilization V multiplayer AI is a dumbed down versionįor some reason the Civilization V multiplayer AI is essentially a dumbed-down version of the single player AI.