Some thoughts

[long valve]

I haven’t been playing long, however, there are certain things that frustrate me about ranked .

1. how are any bots less than expert allowed in ranked?
2. why is it so difficult to program bots to at least leave some troops on cap. this creates an unfair advantage in capital conquest.
3. If alliances are on, fog of war should be off, and vice versa. it completely destroys the point of fog of war if you can see everything

[jagged trail]

1. Having a less skilled bot in rank discourages botting out as the bot will be less effective. Knowing the different bot behaviors for each difficulty level can be a skill that can be leveraged as well.

2. Do you really want bots to keep troops on cap? That would make it a LOOOOTTT harder to kill them. It would also promote stalemates. That 2nd cap for a player rarely makes that big of a difference as long as you are playing decent settings. If you dislike it that much just play with neutral bots.

3. I sort of agree. There's some strategy with not accepting alliances in fog but its generally not winning one. I wish they would add a setting modifier so that you can play with fog&alliances and one where it is now. But as it is you can just not play in games with fog and alliances.

[obtuse oasis]

agree with point 3, or at least make it so that accepting an alliance doesnt show more territories, still just your own + bordering