vs AI "easy" mode?

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Hi Mohawk Games Dev,

First of all, a little feedback.  When I was browsing the games on sales from Steam, and found nothing that I'd rather play but Offworld Trading company, I realize how much I love this game.  Thank you.

Something I've noticed about this game's AI is that AI skirmish game is easier to win, when there are more players.  I found myself struggling to win against 3 AI players in skirmish on Manager difficulty.  In the same time, I could consistently win against 4 AI players on Manager difficulty.  

Why is that?

My hypothesis is that the mini-maxing AI are getting into each other's ways.  When there are more resource tiles available (in the case of 3 players), they are able to utilize them optimally.  When there are less resource tiles available ( in the case of 4 players), they are performing sub-optimally.  What I can't explain is that in such sub-optimal situation, the human player comes out on top.

Cheers.

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Reply #1 from Offworld Forums Top

The real reason is that the AI competes with itself. If reactors are good, all the AIs go into reactors together and then none of them make any money. It's the similarity of their thought processes, and the inability to look at anyone else's production, that causes AI problems in large games.