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    EB Beta Tester & Sex Slave Member Brightblade's Avatar
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    Default Constructive Fan Input on Formations

    Dear all,

    I´d like to boot up a thread, that gives some input on AI formations that the EB team uses. It goes without saying that this is an important point as unfortunately due to the poor AI itself, the formations can help in establishing a sense of coherence in battles, in particular long_spears based infantry and factions that tend to suffer the most from formations that do not suit them.

    In that case, I´m wondering firstly, are formations done by the EB team done from an accuracy standpoint as the foundation for their composition or from a gameplay perspective in order to aid the inept AI? Im guessing its option one... thoughts?


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    Default Re: Constructive Fan Input on Formations

    Since most of the known world was Hellinic priority of the AI should go to phalanx units

    And could you make the question a little clearer please

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    Default Re: Constructive Fan Input on Formations

    Sorry I tend to get long winded... its the repressed writer in me.

    Question: Are the AI formations historically accurate, or made to improve AI performance in EB? Or a mix of both?

    Argument: Should they be made to improve AI performance purely and solely.


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    Default Re: Constructive Fan Input on Formations

    One complaint on this subject:
    Why does the Marian starting formation look like this:
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    Default Re: Constructive Fan Input on Formations

    Because the army is jammed up against the red line. I used to hate that in MTW.
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    Default Re: Constructive Fan Input on Formations

    Quote Originally Posted by Wigferth Ironwall
    Because the army is jammed up against the red line. I used to hate that in MTW.
    Is it really because of that?

    Or is it because our fellow has got a mayority of heavy infantry (marian legionaires) in his army, so the AI provides a good heavy infantry based formation (the offensive wedge formation)?

    Besides, its wasn`t an iron rule for legion commanders to use a manipular formation... the philosophy of the legions was to adapt to circumstances.

    If they had a light infantry opponent, it`s not that ahistorical that the legatus chose a wedge formation in order to split the enemy`s line in half...

    If the AI chooses that formation by default when fighting with romanii, then we have a problem...

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