#AI stopped casting pump spells and Brainstorm

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scenic grove
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Hello 🙂 I might need some help to resolve an issue(?).

I'm using forge since several years and use my decks to test them against the AI or let the AI play against itself. Which most often works really good, especially compared to other MTG AI!
E.g. I built a Boros Angels deck (based on [[Feather, the Redeemed]]) several months ago with pump spells such as [[Monsterous Rage]] or [[Rabid Gnaw]].
And it was casting Rabid Gnaw to remove the opponents creatures or using Monsterous Rage as combat trick.

However some weeks ago, I noticed that the AI stopped casting those pump spells. It just keeps them in hand and only casts the angels in the deck.
Interestingly, the AI also stopped casting Brainstorm in all my decks. I replaced them with sorceries such as Ponder & Stock Up and those work perfectly fine.
Other instants such as Path of Exile and Swords of Plowshare are still casted normally by the AI.

Could this be an issue with specific instants and the AI? Or an issue with AI personality? Or did an update change something in background or did I butcher something?

I tried:

  • different game versions 2.0.04, 2.0.05 & 2.0.06 (stable and snapshots)
  • tweaking options ingame in settings/preferences, which made sense regarding the issue
  • and tweaking numbers/options in a copy of the "Default" AI personality file
    but found no solution.

Many thanks in advance for any help!

elfin stratusBOT
spiral spear
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thanks I'll make some tweaks

scenic grove
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Thanks for the reply! Hope these tweaks will help. I really enjoy using and playing against the forge AI, because overall it's great! 😄

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If it helps you: I tested several of my decks with the AI this weekend using the relativly new version 2.0.07-SNAPSHOT-10.09, to see if i can find a solution on my end.
In that version the same "problems" occur, as described in the message above.

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And I also noticed that it's still using the MDFC [[Fell the Profane]] as a land and to destroy creatures but, it's not casting the spell side of the MDFCs Razorgrass Ambush, Bridgeworks Battle and Stump Stomp to remove opponent creatures.

elfin stratusBOT
spiral spear
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there was some bigger refactor a few months ago that introduced these regressions

scenic grove
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Ah, thanks for clarifying that! That explains why I noticed this regression in AI behavior for the first time after a certain update (unfortunately, I don't remember which one).

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Thanks again for making the tweaks!

Would it be possible for you to let me know when these tweaks go live with an update? Or can I see that somewhere on the github page?
Then I would download that version and try it out. 🙂