Quote Originally Posted by Parmenio
I seen the AI form reasonable battle lines. I've seen it deploy flankers fairly well. I've even see it use skirmishers correctly on the odd occassion.

But ever time it goes for the big melee crunch it just loses it. I've seen solid lines of phalanx suddenly charge apart in different directions losing all cohesion. It'll recklessly charge any cavalry (not just generals) after skirmishers regardless of how many heavy units are packed together right behind them.
Actually, you would see exactly the same thing happen with your armies if you targeted for each unit in your line...and didn't change targeting as units shift. I even did it myself a cpl times when I started playing

The difference is we get smart and update/modify our attack as conditions change. The "suicide" generals would probably just say: It seemed like a good idea at the time