Stupid things YOUR A.I does

**Macilrille** · 01-29-2009, 19:05

Just lost a Client King, I had him for about two weeks I guess.

Complete Client KD in Athens, Macedonia moves up an army to retake it. I relieve it with Lucious Cornelio Scipio. My best general and Consul. Battle, Scipio has 4 Accensii, so he thinks it best to first pelter enemy line with Lead sling bullets (all his Acc has from 2 Br- 2 Sil Chevrons). While standing there and watching the Macedonian die Scipio suddenly sees something else and for a few seconds all the army is stunned by surprise, from the enemy left flank the Client King of Athens gallops in charging a Macedonian phalanx and Hoplite spear Block. Lucius is at a miss as what to do, if he charge he looses his advantage and a certain win, if he does not the Client ruler he just put on the throne of Athens will die. Reluctantly he charges some Hastati in to hit the macedonians from the flank and behind, but too late, before they get there the Client Ruler falls.

"I never got to know his name Claudivs", he says to his Master of The Horse as the battle finishes, the Macedons chased off like the cur dogs they are, "Let us have a drink to celebrate his stupidity. It is almost as abject as those Greeks who refused my gift of Kydonia so they could double their territoty.". "He was probably trying to prove himself to you Sir, though had he brains he should know that the best way of doing that is to win..." The two share a quiet toast to stupid Graeculi and hope that Cotta with reinforcements will soon get rescued from Crete where they are stranded...

Seriously, charging full speed all across the battlefield onto Pike

**desert** · 01-29-2009, 22:39

He committed suicide because he couldn't bear the thought of Athens under the rule of a king.

**Macilrille** · 01-29-2009, 23:44

Of course, silly me... oh well, it is now ruled by a Roman Propraetor. THAT will teach them, damn Graeculi.

**Atraphoenix** · 01-31-2009, 22:07

I think AI uses the basic tactic of newbie player ctrl+a then attack

But I must confess that I am happy to play with alex but even me got tired of fighting every battle myself cos VH/M basic config really makes a massacre if you autoresolve...

**Antinous** · 01-31-2009, 22:29

During my Ptolemy game the selukids sent armies of 300 men flying at Edessa and Damaskos for ten turns.

**Macilrille** · 02-01-2009, 00:27

Well, in a strange game where only 227 BC saw me break the alliance with Chartage as they and Lusotania went to war. They had done nothing else to provoce me. Epiros on the other hand had refused peace even as I took their Adriatic posessions, and after dealing with an militarily powerhouse-Macedonia's backstab by conquering all Hellas (which was Macedonian), the AI did two more stupid things.

1. Pirates roughed up a navy at sea laden with anvasion troops a bit, so I landed them on Crete and while Pirates sunk the fleet next turn I took Crete from those rebels there. KH had a FM with an army on island and as KH otherwise had only Rhodos I offered them Crete as a gift, five or six times. I even added some money to sweeten the deal as I believe in peaceful coexistance and balance of power as long as we are not enemies (I also dislike Blitzing). No deal. Then after #2 they suddenly laid siege to it (which I suspected all along they would). I sailed my victorious Consular army there and afterwards to Rhodes and... well, the Graeculi are even now learning Latin and teaching at Roman schools- in chains! Those that are not working in the mines

But I offered it to them, and added money

2. With only Pella and the province N of it still in their hands, Epiros nonetheless managed to get 3 full stacks while I dealt with Macedonia's 7-8 full stacks (God I love Rome and her Consular Army), so I moved my army up and mopped Thessalonikan floor with them, took Pella, razed all buildings to the ground and pulled out, figuring that they would retake it with some of the stragglers I left living for that exact purpose.. I then pulled to my Adriatic provinces and sent the Consular army to Rome for rebuild. Stupid Epirotes did not, a new stack that spawned in Thessaloniki went for my consular army on the way home and got what it deserved, the stragglers did... nothing. Eventually Pella rebelled from my control and Pontos moved to take it and Byzantium... Stupid AI, and it still refuses peace when I offer.

BTW, should there not be a mechanism to get Polybian Reforms without having Sicily and Liguria? I have fought much more in this campaign then in any previous where I went for the traditional road, Roman troops has bathed in blood and all her generals sleep fitfully from their nightmares... In fact Scipio and Blasio had 5 and 6 stars respectively when they were both alive, Cotta had 3 and some youth 2. The core 16 troops of the consular army has 2+ silver chevrons, but still I have not yet fought enough to reform my army

Oh well, soon Chartage must loose Sicily if I am to save the Lusotanians as those Baby-killers have taken much of Spain.

Anyway, stupid, stupid AI.

**Βελισάριος** · 02-01-2009, 04:28

I simply love it how the AI tries so hard to gain my phalanx units' flanks and when it can't because they're protected just rushes all of his units, general and cavalry first right into the sea of pikes. It's just a classic AI mistake.

That's nothing compared to charging skirmisher units against heavy infantry... without launching a single javelin.

But that still doesn't beat rushing shieldless shock infantry towards skirmisher units, halt less than 20 feet away from them, then turn back and run... not rout- just plain old 'we didn't scare them the first time, so let's go back and try again' running like headless chickens with javelins in their backs.