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by stale2002 3512 days ago
An apm limit is needed because impossibly high APM results in stupid strategies that the game wasn't designed for.

The point is to build ai that compete with humans using human strategies. Not to cheese with borked game mechanic exploits.
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TulliusCicero 3512 days ago
In practice right now the AI still loses even with unlimited APM. It's just too dumb to really take advantage of its execution speed.
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nogbit 3512 days ago
Buts it's intentionally dumbed down to keep the game fun, loosing all the time would get frustrating real quick. Theres no ROI for AI devs to kick the humans ass (except for maybe now with our AI/Cloud/VR/ craze).
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stale2002 3512 days ago
No it is not.

People were making custom AIs for starcraft 2 since it was in beta. They can't beat any human worth their salt.

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TulliusCicero 3510 days ago
It is not intentionally dumbed down. Current AIs are just too stupid at strategy and tactics to beat competent human players.
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