diff --git a/src/game/engine/src/modules/ai/simple_heuristic_ai.gd b/src/game/engine/src/modules/ai/simple_heuristic_ai.gd
index ff16cf3b..d6de6114 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/src/modules/ai/simple_heuristic_ai.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/src/modules/ai/simple_heuristic_ai.gd
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ const INF_DISTANCE: int = 1 << 30
 ## Dominance push thresholds — when all three conditions hold simultaneously
 ## the AI commits to a capital assault rather than holding at parity.
 ## DOMINANCE_FACTOR: own_mil must be >= this multiple of enemy_mil to commit.
-const DOMINANCE_FACTOR: float = 1.5
+const DOMINANCE_FACTOR: float = 1.25
 ## Enemy city count at or below which ALL military ignores chase logic and
 ## marches directly on the surviving capital — final-push gate.
 const FINAL_PUSH_ENEMY_CITY_COUNT: int = 1
 ## Hex radius within which a unit bypasses stray-unit chasing to march on the
 ## enemy capital instead. Prevents armies circling field battles while the
 ## undefended capital sits intact.
-const CAPITAL_APPROACH_HEX: int = 12
+const CAPITAL_APPROACH_HEX: int = 16
 ## Gold floor required before the AI spends on a rush-buy assault unit.
 ## Low-economy clans (Blackhammer wealth=2) rarely accumulate 200g; 50 is
 ## the unit cost floor so this gate can't block a single purchase.