Opponent feels like AI

[LebaneseWarlord]

Have you ever experienced an online ranked game where your opponent felt like an AI?

I’m currently playing an online ranked game as the Axis, and it feels like the opponent I am playing against is an AI. Every phase of its turn is resolved almost instantly, from purchase to movements to combat. I’ve seen other online games where people use AI to play instead of themselves, so I was wondering if that might also be happening in A&A 1942 Online.

Has anyone else noticed something similar?

[djensen]

Are they good? It’s really difficult to create an AI that is actually good at Axis & Allies.

Good players that have played hundreds of games can play fast.

[LebaneseWarlord]

@djensen I’m only on round 2 so it is hard to say if they are good or not, but so far every play from them seems fine. Yes I am aware that developing an AI capable of playing a complex game like A&A is rather difficult.

I have watched very advanced players on YouTube, so I am aware they can play really fast, especially the first turn. However, this is something else. In a matter of seconds, all purchases, combat moves, combats and non-combat moves are resolved, like max 15 seconds.

If it is not an AI playing, my second guess is that I am not able to watch them play live and what I see is a short playback of everything they made during the turn. I don’t know why that would happen though. I was still connected to the game because the other player was online, so I wanted to play live.