rspeer/dominiate — Issue #64: Poor Vault choices
Author: bilts
Created: 2012-01-16 01:18:32+00:00
State: open

I was playing around with Vault today and noticed two poor choices. The following scenarios demonstrate the problem:

Scenario 1:
I have a Vault, two Golds, a Silver, and an Estate in my hand
I should not play Vault because it likely won't help me, but it may help my opponent

Scenario 2:
I have five Coppers in my hand
I have no Gold in my deck and perhaps no actions
My opponent plays Vault
I should choose not to discard 2 cards, because it's unlikely whatever I draw will make up for the loss of $2

The AI makes the wrong choice in both of these scenarios. The first one is probably Vault-specific. The second one likely applies to other cards as well.