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Peter Huebner <no.one@this.address> contributed wisdom to  
news:MPG.29f28b47252881c19896a7@news.individual.net:

> I tried playing a game with an AI ally --- don't do that! they took my 
> mines, they took my villages, they took my citadel. They're worse than 
> wildlife.

Great writeup. One point Id make is the AI Ally thing...

I love playing with AI Team members. I think they are great. Like the rest 
of the game, management is simple. If you want to keep it, leave at least 
one unit there to say "this is mine" and if you want your team member to 
have it then leave it unguarded as if to say "its ok if you take this"

But a lot of that can also be skipped if you make make sure you have 
different resource needs. The game is very new but there is a barely 
started fan site www.CoE-3.com with a barely started fan Wiki. And one of 
the first things the players felt needed to be on the wiki was a nation 
compatability chart. 

Teaming Druid with Witch does not work well because they fight over 
resources. But Witch with Warlock works well, or Troll King allied with 
Dwarf Queen, or the Baron with the Hobbits.

When I play with the AI as a team member: 
If we have the same resource needs then I have to leave guards on 
everything to keep him from taking my stuff. If we have different needs 
then we can share the map with only a few "accidental" grabs. I might be 
cynical but I find that game to be about the same as I get when playing 
with some random human on the net (and its even more irritating when a 
human does it)  :)

Gandalf  Parker