Hey, due to bad programming (or something like that), if the AI's don't do this, they can never keep up with you not to mention threatening your existence. Many times I have to do this manually so the AI's will at least not to fall the first time my iron fist stike upon them.
a serious problem i have with civ2 is that i like to keep AI's from ever making contact with each other, but on deity they will cheat and trade science anyway. I think CivIII shouldn't allow this.
if the AI's don't do this, they can never keep up with you not to mention threatening your existence
Unfortunately you are absolutely right.
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