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    EBII Hod Carrier Member QuintusSertorius's Avatar
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    Default Re: Are there any formation files that make the AI capable of simply maintaining a li

    Another big battle with Darth Mod, still no improvement on holding a line.

    Battle starts and it all looks good. They've been deployed initially in the right place:



    Oh, spoke too soon. My army is visible and in one line, they're not moving. Yet the AI is already breaking up it's line and heading all over the place.



    Special bonus: suicide charge by the enemy general before the lines have even met.



    Where does he charge? Yep, you guessed it, into the front of formed up spearmen.



    Their line is now all over the place.



    This is not a line.



    Some of them can't even face the units they're attacking.



    Why are they almost all sideways-on?



    Is there anything that improves the way the AI handles phalanxes? Because at present it's just useless.

    And why does the AI kill off it's generals so often?
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    Default Re: Are there any formation files that make the AI capable of simply maintaining a li

    Thats why i play on very hard/very hard with every thing that may help (alex.exe and darth mod)

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    Default Re: Are there any formation files that make the AI capable of simply maintaining a li

    Quote Originally Posted by sfmain View Post
    Thats why i play on very hard/very hard with every thing that may help (alex.exe and darth mod)
    How do statistical bonuses ot the AI help with it's total failure to maintain even the simplest of tactics?

    I don't want battles harder simply because the AI can spam me with full stacks every turn and their weakest troops can beat my elites in a straight fight.
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    Default Re: Are there any formation files that make the AI capable of simply maintaining a li

    Simply put, there is no hope. Medieval Total War 2 can have the AI modded. Waiting for EB 2 is your best bet it seems.

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    Default Re: Are there any formation files that make the AI capable of simply maintaining a li

    Is the AI worse on Huge unit size? I'm wondering if difficulty in getting everyone in a line plays a part in the shambles we see.
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    Default Re: Are there any formation files that make the AI capable of simply maintaining a li

    I have no idea what they did but the RTR 7:TIC AI seems to have scary good formation cohesion in the relatively few battles I've played.
    maybe those guys should be doing something more useful...

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    Default AW: Are there any formation files that make the AI capable of simply maintaining a li

    I found Sinuhet's formations always have a good cohesion, in smaller battles at least. But it has other downsides, in particular reinforcement battles and excessive use of guard mode.

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