something the EB team will have to look into.... i think

**Hooahguy** · 08-03-2008, 22:16

...the AI.....

ive only played maybe a dozen battles in M2TW, but so far, the only tactic ive really seen by the AI is running headfirst into your lines or waiting for your moves. no flanking, no nothing.

just putting it out there.

**Foot** · 08-03-2008, 22:23

We could always use help in this regard. Care to take upon a little responsibility, anyone?

Foot

**||Lz3||** · 08-04-2008, 03:35

well if they just run agaisnt me I wouldn't be that pissed at first , it's good for my ego

**Mithridates VI Eupator** · 08-04-2008, 14:47

I agree with you, hooahguy. The battle-AI in M2TW is sadly lacking when it comes to tactics. Unfortunately, my skills att modding such things are even more lacking...

**Hooahguy** · 08-04-2008, 15:43

if someone would teach me how to do the basics of editing the tactics the AI uses, i would be happy to do it. meanwhile, there is probably a mod out there that added real tactics to the game....

**Perturabo** · 08-05-2008, 05:09

Originally Posted by hooahguy

...the AI.....

ive only played maybe a dozen battles in M2TW, but so far, the only tactic ive really seen by the AI is running headfirst into your lines or waiting for your moves. no flanking, no nothing.

just putting it out there.

Seems to be a TW thing in general. Playing DLV though there has been a fleeting attempt at flanking with cavalry now and then. Not sure what AI mod they use, its not stock though. Usually the general will try to charge through my infantry to attack my archers.. sometimes he even makes it.. its always

soon after though.

**Majd il-Romani** · 08-05-2008, 07:14

funny because whenever I play EB I am all focusing on my main battle line and infantry, I usually just leave my General behind, and the AI always makes an attampt to sneak some cavalry behind my lines and attacks my general and I never notice! Now of cousre I watch for it but the first 3-4 times I was caught by surprise

**Perturabo** · 08-06-2008, 06:17

Foot

Actually, played DLV (europa mod) yesterday and payed more attention.. on several occasions the AI snuck skirmisher cavalry (horse and camel archers) around to the flanks or rear of my army to harass me.
When the battle started, assuming that the General had not suicided on my infantry, he would try to circle around behind troops in close combat (assuming the lines had broked up) and charge.

While its still not perfect, it may well be an idea to see what AI mod was used in DLV?

At several occasions I found myself cursing the skirmishers who were being immensely irritating by doing this...

Quite good really.

**Ibrahim** · 08-07-2008, 07:14

that would be interesting. is there a way of making this idea faction specific (out of curiosity). It woiuld work for all of them, but I want to see if diferent tactics can be implemented according to style of fighting.

**phonicsmonkey** · 08-07-2008, 07:24

Now I'm no modder so I wouldn't be able to point you to the files or anything, but there's something different about the way the Mongols (in vanilla M2TW) fight on the battlemap

They hang back and try to provoke you into a fight by sending small groups of horsearchers forward to pepper you with arrow fire and then retreat

If you chase them and get too close, all the Mongol heavy lancers charge you en-masse

It's not too difficult to defeat them once you've worked out their (only) tactic, but it certainly seems to suggest that there is the possibility to have faction-specific battle AI. I haven't seen this behaviour from other horse-archer / cav heavy factions like Turks or Egyptians..