after going back to rome, i see how bad M2 AI is

[Callahan9119]

Eh... the M2TW AI has never stood still getting shot to pieces with me ever since patch 1.1. It to will either retreat or charge.

your right all it does is stupidly rush...every time, except anywhere near a defensive structure, then yes ...the ai WILL just sit there and eat arrows either inside or out

if you say rome and m2 are the same, you must be playing a different game than me, m2 ai always does the same thing. 1. battle starts, they stand there for a few seconds 2. the infantry and cav move forward the missles blob behind them 3. the cav charge, usually an inside unit 4. the infantry charge

5. i flank them, chain route them and they die.

this is on hard difficulty, all VH does is give them absurd stats they never ever try to flank me..crushing the ai when i am completely outnumbered is never a problem

maybe its just the formation mod in RTR platinum that somehow gives the ai a great formation to work with so it doesnt have to create one for itself

Econ, it was almost magical the way it moved, principes or not...i wasnt taking barely any losses till i was just outplayed by the ai. i tell you what i saw in that battle was near brilliant play by the ai. elephants be damned...they were going for my flank and rear and nothing was gonna stop them

my 12345 scenario is how almost all my battles in m2 play out, this may be due to the ai just not being able to use long archers/xbows effectively and they tend to field so many of these units

vh battle difficulty just gives the ai insane stats, it doesnt make it smarter, its a stupid system of difficulty

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this is on hard difficulty, all VH does is give them absurd stats they never ever try to flank me..crushing the ai when i am completely outnumbered is never a problem

VH does not give the ai bonus stats in M2Tw like it did in RTW, in M2TW VH just increases the effects of moral and fatique, as well as the ai behaving differently.

It will be interesting to see how the ai performs in 1.2 with cav charges made less powerful, shield bug fixed and 2 handed bug fixed.