A.I. Rather poor in Demo

**Gaius Terentius Varro** · 02-23-2009, 18:11

please be so kind and reread the title of this thread

**Sir Beane** · 02-23-2009, 18:56

Originally Posted by Gaius Terentius Varro

please be so kind and reread the title of this thread

Nothing to see here folks.

**Gaius Terentius Varro** · 02-23-2009, 20:02

I have no problems with ppl disagreeing but i reserve a right to agree with OP.

**woad&fangs** · 02-23-2009, 23:25

For those of you that have changed the difficulty lvl, did it make the AI smarter or just give them attack and moral bonuses?

**Strategy** · 02-23-2009, 23:44

Originally Posted by woad&fangs

For those of you that have changed the difficulty lvl, did it make the AI smarter or just give them attack and moral bonuses?

The AI in the demo didn't change its behavior at all when the difficulty level was boosted. The key difference I found was that the AI artillery was significantly more effective (being able to actually inflict losses at a distance, where before it really hit nothing). I assume that the enemy muskets are probably also more efficient, but since I never really got into a shooting fight with any of the enemy units (routed most of them with cannister/enfilading fire before they got into position to return fire), I can't really judge that.

On the subject of the thread, I find that the AI has basically the same flaws as in previous games that make it easily exploitable. An inability to comprehend combined arms tactics and being unable to handle the basic problem that arises when an enemy is able to fire at it without it being able to reply. Not surprising, of course, these are extremely hard AI problems, and the next game I find that handles this will be the first.