Stupid things YOUR A.I does

**V.T. Marvin** · 01-22-2009, 19:05

@ rootje: Take it easy, it was a good story of yours.

To add one of my own: When playing as Pahlava, a full AS stack appeared in front of Zadrakarta right at the river crossing and just waited there. I did not have much forces, but I felt, that just for the role-playing reasons I just have to give battle - my generals traits said that he is a little bit overconfident attacker and selfish enough to engage even in obviously unfavourable cirumstances.

So I was the attacker in a bridge battle, where the AI could easily just calmly wait for me to come and be slaugthered. However the Seleleukid general (named "Adidas" hehe

) charged with all his forces accross the bridge... see here for details - look for the "Art of War" section

**Silence Hunter** · 01-22-2009, 23:21

One of my stupid AI stories:

In my Saka game there was a large Eleutheroi stack in the mountains north-east of Baktra not far from the edge of the desert. It was there from the beginning of the game laying an ambuch. After I lost a few due to their ambush I decided to teach the guys a lesson. It was also supposed to be a challenge as the army was full of Saka heavy cavalry and dahae horse archers. Pretty much the same composition as mine.

So I attack them and prepare for a bloodbath, arrow storm, heavy cavalry clashes and so on. To my great amusement AI lines all his army in a single column in the middle of the field and freezes. LITERALLY! Tried to provoke them to change the formation, but to no avail. Even when completely annihilated a few units of his HAs AI did absolutely nothing.

So after all my hopes for a challenge I was left dissapointed by an incompetience of the battle AI.

**Ibrahim** · 01-22-2009, 23:36

Originally Posted by V.T. Marvin

@ rootje: Take it easy, it was a good story of yours.

To add one of my own: When playing as Pahlava, a full AS stack appeared in front of Zadrakarta right at the river crossing and just waited there. I did not have much forces, but I felt, that just for the role-playing reasons I just have to give battle - my generals traits said that he is a little bit overconfident attacker and selfish enough to engage even in obviously unfavourable cirumstances.

So I was the attacker in a bridge battle, where the AI could easily just calmly wait for me to come and be slaugthered. However the Seleleukid general (named "Adidas" hehe

) charged with all his forces accross the bridge... see here for details - look for the "Art of War" section

that was HILARIOUS(the AAR section)!!

reminds my of the time when 600 seleukids attacked me as Pahlava: it was an open field, the ground sloping upwards towards the enemy: they outnumbered me too (3 to one). rather that advancing in one unit, or at least hold the heights, they sent their units against me, one by one, in piecemeal manner: within 10 minutes, there was a long carpet of dead, all along the length of the battlefield, and wide enogh for a large sized phalanx to fit in, 10 deep. I only lost 1 man, shot by my own men.

**A Very Super Market** · 01-26-2009, 01:19

I just had a battle against Saka, who didn't have any missile units (Weird huh?) I had only one unit of Persian Archers, and once I ran out of arrows, I let them go on a Banzai charge straight into a mercernary phalanx. Not only did the other phalanx not try and help, the one I had attacked knida stood there, lifting its spears up and down while my Archers and their kitchen knives wiped them out.

**SwebozGaztiz** · 01-26-2009, 06:12

One stupid thing is to send stack after stack of pantadopoi supported by the mighty akonkistai, that happened a lot when i was playing my ptolie campaign, it got old pretty fast i mean is fun to give ur phalanxes this kind of training battles but it can be really tedious, what else ive seen mmm

well thats pretty much what happens on every campaign when a faction is almost done but well theyre fighting till the last man i think hahaha

**Macilrille** · 01-29-2009, 19:05

Just lost a Client King, I had him for about two weeks I guess.

Complete Client KD in Athens, Macedonia moves up an army to retake it. I relieve it with Lucious Cornelio Scipio. My best general and Consul. Battle, Scipio has 4 Accensii, so he thinks it best to first pelter enemy line with Lead sling bullets (all his Acc has from 2 Br- 2 Sil Chevrons). While standing there and watching the Macedonian die Scipio suddenly sees something else and for a few seconds all the army is stunned by surprise, from the enemy left flank the Client King of Athens gallops in charging a Macedonian phalanx and Hoplite spear Block. Lucius is at a miss as what to do, if he charge he looses his advantage and a certain win, if he does not the Client ruler he just put on the throne of Athens will die. Reluctantly he charges some Hastati in to hit the macedonians from the flank and behind, but too late, before they get there the Client Ruler falls.

"I never got to know his name Claudivs", he says to his Master of The Horse as the battle finishes, the Macedons chased off like the cur dogs they are, "Let us have a drink to celebrate his stupidity. It is almost as abject as those Greeks who refused my gift of Kydonia so they could double their territoty.". "He was probably trying to prove himself to you Sir, though had he brains he should know that the best way of doing that is to win..." The two share a quiet toast to stupid Graeculi and hope that Cotta with reinforcements will soon get rescued from Crete where they are stranded...

Seriously, charging full speed all across the battlefield onto Pike

**desert** · 01-29-2009, 22:39

He committed suicide because he couldn't bear the thought of Athens under the rule of a king.

**Macilrille** · 01-29-2009, 23:44

Of course, silly me... oh well, it is now ruled by a Roman Propraetor. THAT will teach them, damn Graeculi.

**Atraphoenix** · 01-31-2009, 22:07

I think AI uses the basic tactic of newbie player ctrl+a then attack

But I must confess that I am happy to play with alex but even me got tired of fighting every battle myself cos VH/M basic config really makes a massacre if you autoresolve...

**Mulceber** · 02-02-2009, 05:10

Epeiros had become really powerful, controlling almost all the Balkans except Greece itself. As the Romani, I went to war with it and got it down to about 4 settlements left. I send an army against them and they send ALL their family members (like 3) to fight me at the head of an army. I mean, come on! You'd think they'd leave one behind in case they lose. But nope, the AI made another brilliant move. I killed all three generals in that one battle, routed their army, and Epeiros was defeated before it had even lost all its provinces. -M

**Βελισάριος** · 02-02-2009, 05:15

That is just beautiful, man... you could even have lost that battle but won the war. Poetic, huh?

If all AI's did that, just sent their armies with all their family members to spearhead the operation you could win the campaign in the first few decades.

**A Very Super Market** · 02-02-2009, 06:19

Another diplomatic masterpiece by the Pahlavans: "We demand that you do not attack us, if you do not adhere to this, we will attack you"

What.

**Ardri** · 02-02-2009, 06:37

Another diplomatic masterpiece by the Pahlavans: "We demand that you do not attack us, if you do not adhere to this, we will attack you"

I've gotten that one a few times as well, just brilliant! I mean I guess it kinda make sense since if you do attack them you expect them to attack you back, but it is stating the obvious... just a little bit anyways!