Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: geozero

But in a strategic level game, moving corps sized units, air groups or capital ships would have been detected.  In fact they were almost always detected by the other side.  Sure a few smaller units might sneak through, but major units would be seen. 

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ORIGINAL: Wikipedia
Several reports about the German movements by the Dutch resistance had reached Allied command by September 10, including identification of German armour units. Although planning was in its later stages, SHAEF Chief of Staff General Walter Bedell Smith flew to 21st Army Group headquarters to suggest several possible changes in the plan which Montgomery was unable or unwilling to institute. When an aerial reconnaissance flight returned with pictures clearly showing German tanks only 15km (9 miles) from the British drop zones, they were dismissed by Montgomery, with the (unfounded) assumption that the tanks were non-serviceable.

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ORIGINAL: gwgardner

Hopefully the next patch will address the AI. I suggest the developers allow maximum cheating by the AI. Even if fog of war is set less than 20 hexes by the player in preferences, let the AI have max vision. Give it full info on any enemy units within sight. In short, the developers should not limit the AI's info, so that it can make the best possible decisions.

For defense, while the cities are of crucial importance, the AI needs to maintain a front with at least linked zones of control. It needs to maintain depth, to help in dealing with breakthroughs. Making the AI algorithms follow a few simple rules like that will make it far better than what is available now.

In my current game, I gave the AI Allies the most production points in preferences, but ended up plunging through Luxembourg to Paris totally unabated. Not a single enemy unit oppsed me all the way, letting me surround Paris. I even hit end turn three times in a row without any attacks on my part, and still the Allies AI did nothing to set up a front.

On offense, much the same. Let the AI take advantage of any info available with regard to the enemy in front of it. Breakthroughs by the AI have to be sustainable, followed up by plenty of infantry, and protected against multiple-hex counter-attacks.

All of the above is no doubt obvious - I just hope the developers are actually working on it.

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ORIGINAL: mi1291

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ORIGINAL: geozero

But in a strategic level game, moving corps sized units, air groups or capital ships would have been detected.  In fact they were almost always detected by the other side.  Sure a few smaller units might sneak through, but major units would be seen. 

I agree but I think Fow is not erased at all

Early Days of sepetmber 1944
West front.
Allies was preparing the all times' greatest airborn operation.

No adverse conditions for Intelligence:
Total air superiority
Not so heavy weather for air reconnaissance
Great Sized ,scatered and nor difficulty to search ready-to-fight units:
Dutch resistance activity.

I prefer to quote wikipedia because has very better english than mine:

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ORIGINAL: Wikipedia
Several reports about the German movements by the Dutch resistance had reached Allied command by September 10, including identification of German armour units. Although planning was in its later stages, SHAEF Chief of Staff General Walter Bedell Smith flew to 21st Army Group headquarters to suggest several possible changes in the plan which Montgomery was unable or unwilling to institute. When an aerial reconnaissance flight returned with pictures clearly showing German tanks only 15km (9 miles) from the British drop zones, they were dismissed by Montgomery, with the (unfounded) assumption that the tanks were non-serviceable.

So I think a limeted FOW activity can exsist in Strategic level since Intelligence activity sometimes is not so good or High commanders, that don't read unit force value upon it, can take the wrong decision

just my 2 cents

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ORIGINAL: comrade

We are aware of these weaknesses. We work on the algorithm of improving AI defence. Not in the next patch (which is coming very soon) but the following one: the AI will try to maintain a front line rather than static points of defence. We're also considering some additional AI improvements like better front-balancing (AI can stack up hordes of units in one place - we don't want that) and some algorithm that would prevent the AI units to move to positions where they can be cut off without combat.