jeffreysutro@jeffreysutro.com -> RE: ... getting slaughtered .... (1/4/2007 6:09:25 AM)
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) I've played a few small battles myself, and get much better results then automating them - is this essentially mandatory? Am I giving myself a big disadvantage here? Yes, you are giving yourself a big disadvantage by automating the battles. Autoresolve often gives results that are significantly different than what you get by manually resolving battles. If you try saving before a battle, resolving the battle manually, then reloading and resolving the same battle automatically, you will see what I mean. Manual resolution often gives you a much better outcome. This is not an "AI cheat", automated battles work the same for both the human and the AI. However, automated battles sometimes give results that are very different from what you get with manual battles, and you may lose battles that you would win easily using the (presumably) more accurate / realistic method of manual resolution. As I understand it, Alfred the AI uses an estimate of the probable outcome (similar to what you see prior to the battles in the game "1848") to determine whether to attack. Consequently, he will avoid unfavorable results by simply not attacking when the odds appear to be heavily against him. This gives Alfred an advantage if you autoresolve battles. On the other hand it's a significant handicap for Alfred if you manually resolve battles, since he will still rely on his estimate of the probable outcome of of an autoresolved battle, and therefore sometimes make attacks that turn out to be ill-advised when resolved manually. If you play the beginnning of the campaign again using manual resolution I think that you will have significantly more success. Of course in actual history the Americans were in fact defeated over and over early in the war, so perhaps autoresolve is more realistic and accurate than I'm giving it credit for. Either way it's an outstanding game, and it's nice that you can use automated battles as a way to increase the challenge when you wish to.
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