Bizzarre. I've never heard anyone say RTW has better battlefield AI than M2TW until now. I've found it much more competitive (on VH, never bothered trying below that). For example, in our HRE PBM, we've currently killed or captured 10000 enemies for the loss of 1/3 of that of our own. That 3:1 kill ratio does not seem excessive (true, we've never lost but for a braindead AI, it is taking down a fair number of our men). I don't know what kill ratio we got in our RTR PE PBM, but I suspect it was considerably higher.Originally Posted by sabutai
I wonder if you are just falling victim to RTRs Romans? Look at the stats - the Principes are rather uber, while the rival hoplite types lack bite in my experience. Plus RTR has sky high morale, especially the Romans, so you can be in trouble against a larger high quality army.
The strategic AI in M2TW seems much better. I've observed it keep multiple armies together for mutual support and keep out of reach of stronger armies - ie it actually maneouvres. It is also much more aggressive and capable of snatching poorly defended settlements if you don't pay attention. RTWs strategic AI was so passive and slothful, it was hard to prod it into action even when it was in a superior position.
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