Objective placement etc.

[Kool Kat]

I would have to agree with the above posts. The AI is for learning the game then go to real players for second game onwards as the AI is a waste of time and easily baited.

Gents:  

I would never use the AI to learn the TOC series!  

IMO, players will only pick-up "bad habits" playing against HAL. e.g. What tactics work against the AI will most certainly fail against a human opponent!

The only effective way to learn how to become a better player in the TOC series of games, is to dive in head first and play all your games against a human opponent.

Yep. You will take your lumps and lose more then you win to start off with... but if you stick with it and learn from both your mistakes and victories, you will develop into a better player.

Read the player manual if you want to understand the mechanics of play... but play against a human opponent if you wish to become a better player.