AIP auto-increase

[SmileyFace]

I'm curious what values people use for this, if any at all. On the wiki it says the default is 1 AIP every 30 mins but in game the tooltips recommend 1 AIP every 5 mins!

I tried the latter on diff 7 games because of the tooltips. Twice (I forgot to put it back to 30 ). Things heated up so much by mid-game that I knew I wouldn't enjoy the end game and started again.

Maybe my question is: Are the in-game tooltips wrong? +12 AIP per hour is a bit much for me.

v3.0.6.0, expansion disabled.

[ShadowOTE]

My group usually goes +1 every 15-30 minutes in multiplayer, though in my single player games I've been trying out every 30-45 minutes to see what the slower pace is like.

[Mánagarmr]

Judging from my latest game, that is still in progress, even 200 AIP is not too much to handle really, so I'd say 1 every five minutes is pretty much okay.

[Kryzite]

I usually play +1 every 15 minutes, but I play against tier 9 AI so I already have my hands full, If I were playing at 7 at this point i would probably do 1 every 5 min for a challenge, it honestly varies by player and what you are comfortable with.

[Ozymandiaz]

I use 0 time based AIP usually

[SmileyFace]

... it honestly varies by player and what you are comfortable with.

I think that sums it up.

I guess I started out looking for a "normal" AI war experience, given that I'm a new player and games are very long. I wanted to make each one count, so to speak, and also to see if I liked the game. The more I play the game, the more I realise there's no such thing as "normal" and it's all about what style you like. Very cool! I think I'll leave auto-AIP off in future games and just ramp up the difficulty instead.

[Buttons840]

I always play 5 points every 15 minutes.  20 points per hour.

[FrostyThePyro]

I will be honest i tend to set mine to 0, for me the AI is a machine, infinately patient, except when you poke it, they hate being poked.

[Animal]

I go with 0, too. Hate games that try to push a pace I don't enjoy onto me.