You think I didn't before I made my assertion?

 

There is no (Logistics) Tech requirement for standard Pioneers.

There is a Logistics Resource requirement for standard Pioneers.

Where Pioneers are concerned the ProductionRequirement XML tag works fine (Whether the Resource is Population, Logistics, Gildar, and/or something else).

If the AI is training a standard Pioneer, then it has (had) at least 30 Population and 1 Logistics. If you've modded a 300 Gildar ProductionRequirement and the AI is training a standard Pioneer, then the AI also has (had) 300 Gildar. Not sure what else you want me to tell you.

You can try starting LH as an administrator (See #843) if you believe that's the issue (I've never had to do this, but apparently some have to), but how your Windows is set up and how that conflicts w/ Mods is somewhat beyond the help I generally provide for the Mod because I have to draw the line somewhere lest I become a victim of the Peter Principle and reach my very own level of incompetence.

Look, I'd be happy to fix this if there was an XML issue (or an issue I could fix, no matter what). However, when I start a game, the AI behaves as it should. It trains Pioneers when it has the required Population and Logistics (and Gildar if I add/test it with additional Gildar requirement). In fact, in the testing I did, I entered 6000 Gildar as a requirement and the AI didn't train one standard Pioneer. Instead, it researched Mounted Warfare and trained Mounted Pioneers which had no Gildar ProductionRequirement (in my testing).

So it's not going to help to keep posting the ProductionRequirement isn't working when I know for a fact it is. I also have no interest in getting into a back and forth argument with you (or anyone, really) over the Internet. If you want to believe it isn't working properly then so be it.

Building the Expansion Bureau (+2 Logistics) takes 1 Season, no matter what except if you have 100% Unrest. Logistics isn't meant to delay Pioneers. It's meant to:

• Prevent AI from creating Pioneer Armies.

• Prevent Player from using the Queued Pioneer Exploit.

The AI gets an extra Logistics because even if I tell him to build the Expansion Bureau early, it doesn't always listen, especially (and ironically) if it has the Expansionist Trait. If the AI didn't get that extra point, it would be crippled. I don't want crippled AI.

 

The AI starts w/ 50 Gildar unless it has some of the bonuses like Wealthy, Banker, etc. That amount is multiplied by a certain factor depending on the AI strength. At Normal/Challenging, that factor is 1. The AI also gets an additional 150 Gildar (Generally in the first year or second year), which is there to kick-start it. If the Sell Spells are still enabled in your game, the AI will get well over 300 Gildar (by well over, I mean thousand(s)) fairly early by casting Sell Metals (-100 Metals). See previous post:

 

Why is the AI able to get around your 300 Gildar in non-modded game?

However, a simple test vs two Normal AI and 30Population-1Logistics-0Gildar Pioneer showed that the AI takes about 15 Seasons to get to 300 Gildar. It also showed that the Expansionist AI had 3 Cities by Season 30 and 2 Pioneers ready. The non-Expansionist AI had 2 Cities by Season 30 and 1 Pioneer ready. If the 300 Gildar requirement had been in, the AI would have had no more than 2 Cities and 0 Pioneer ready, being that both AI had no more than 350 Gildar by Season 30.

 

Frankly, this is a game that will be hard to win by turtling. That said, I had no issues winning w/ 18 Cities by Season 180 at Expert on a Large Pangea, so I don't think you need to over expand either. You just need to have a regular stream of Pioneers going out.

Both Faith Air and Faith Fire Factions can summon some fairly nasty dragons if they can build their Great Temples (of Air or of Fire). You need a a pretty good economy to get there, but it's doable.

Level 17 Archmages w/ Tech Dance w/ Dragons can also summon a Dragon Mount.
When creating a Sovereign, you can give him/her a Hatchling Mount (and the Hatchling Mount Tech is randomly available in game as well).

Quoting TheBlackmage,

Right, Magnar would qualify as "Demon Elves".