I'd just run games, look at results, and endlessly tweak the strategy. Recently I learned how neural networks worked, and realize I could finally make a computer strategy that was competent. It could be trained by playing zillions of games against itself.
My only defense is that training a neural network was impractical on the machines Empire was developed on.
It's hard to resist going back to Empire and doing this.
http://www.classicempire.com/
I'd just run games, look at results, and endlessly tweak the strategy. Recently I learned how neural networks worked, and realize I could finally make a computer strategy that was competent. It could be trained by playing zillions of games against itself.
My only defense is that training a neural network was impractical on the machines Empire was developed on.
It's hard to resist going back to Empire and doing this.