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Tom Grosv -> RE: How much work was put into the new AI? (12/7/2006 5:52:43 PM)
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I've just finished a game where I played Germany, Arsenal of Democracy scenario, everyone else AI with Attack Help 2. Initially, the AI seemed to do well and my Sealion attempt was a disaster. I switched to Barbarossa but was now running late and too many resources had been spent on now useless transports instead of infantry etc. My 1941 invasion of Russia rapidly hit a brick wall against the superior numbers of Russians. I adopted Fortress Europe in late 41, building up a large garrison in Eastern Poland and slowly building up my defences in France and Italy against the WA. I was sure I would be finished by 43 and waited to lose the game.......and waited.......and waited. The WA built up large forces but never launched an invasion - I suppose it didn't fancy the odds of a seaborne invasion. The Russians built up large numbers of forces (three times as many infantry as Germany) and could definitely have crushed me, but they held loads of forces in Leningrad, Moscow and other irrelevant locations. They did not seriously threaten Rumania which was nuts because I couldn't defend two area at once. On my part I would launch my panzers out on raiding missions destroying small groups of Russian forces with ease then sally back to Poland. It was not until 1945 that the Russians finally got their act together, bringing up enough units to have two large groups of forces. I split my units to defend Rumania and the Russians united both groups and defeated me in Poland. From there the retreat to Germany started. However, by the end of Fall 1946 I still held West and East Germany plus the WA had still not invaded. My ally AI Japan also still held out.
Thoughts - as Joel said, the AI is not as good as a smart human player, even with added advantages, and sometime soon I'm going to dispense with the AI and look for a human player. However, the AI does do a better job than WAW and can help the new player learn some of the tactics of the game, if not necessarily valid strategies. And the AI did stop me getting an AV, my high watermark being 68. Perhaps, I should have another go against it to see if this time...........
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