You could have it take care of an easy theatre ,mopping up last resistance for example, while you take care of the big fish.If the AI is worse than you are, then there is no reason for any serious gamer to let the AI handle things.
Im not convinced this is a good idea.
There are three possible options:
- The AI is worse than you are.
- The AI is better than you are.
- The AI is just as good as you are.
If the AI is worse than you are, then there is no reason for any serious gamer to let the AI handle things.
Im not convinced this is a good idea.
There are three possible options:
- The AI is worse than you are.
- The AI is better than you are.
- The AI is just as good as you are.
If the AI is worse than you are, then there is no reason for any serious gamer to let the AI handle things.
If the AI is better than you are, then things become even more silly, since you can just let the AI run the game for you.
Only if the AI is just as good as you are does it make sense to let it handle certain aspects of the war. And really now, only option 1 is likely to be the case.
It's just silly to let a big part of the player's action be taken over by the AI. Let's play chess, but let the AI move the queen and towers. Let's play CIV but have the AI handle ships and planes. In HoI2 and Eu3 you the human can easily handle a 4 or 5 front war, so has the game now become so obtuse you need the AI to help you out?
Those are the questions that haven't been answered and are going to be the key in how effective AI control will be.
If the AI is worse than you are, then there is no reason for any serious gamer to let the AI handle things.
Many players chose to leave the IC sliders automated even if it was unoptimal decision. There are many people who aren't interested in optimising their gaming for "serious gamer" level.
Also, not everyone scraps the Red Army on January 1st, 1936, builds IJN into a cruizerg force, or declares war on Tibet to get rid of the peacetime IC modifier...
Im not convinced this is a good idea.
There are three possible options:
- The AI is worse than you are.
- The AI is better than you are.
- The AI is just as good as you are.
These are more of exploits than evaded micromanagement, but point still stands.
It's Czech defence line.
Actually, that is not at all the case. The AI is much, much better at multitasking, assessing chance, assaying needs and observing for changes quickly. The AI is much, much worse at evaluating long-term potentialities (Player knows from past experiences what is coming and how things will change; aka hindsight).
The AI can be relied on to behave like an AI. The difference this time is that the structure is more segmented, which will allow it to organize better than past games. As well, with this new system available to beta, the over-all quality of the AI will improve. Patches will probably tweak the AI further.
In terms of what the Theatre AI will or will not handle, remember that it is the same AI that has to handle all the nations that the player/players are not controlling. I can't see any reason why the player-controlled countries' AI would not use as many assets as the AI controlling enemy countries.
Playing as Germany in a solo game, I anticipate that I will be using Theatre Command AI to conquer Africa once I get those formations organized, and defend conquered Britain and France. At the Army Group level, I will have the AI mop up the Primpet Marshes, and probably secure the Southen half of Turkey and defend against Allied attacks from Syria and Iraq. I may use Army Group AI to finish off the Netherlands, and defend along the Maginot line during the Spring '40 invasion.
I'm really looking forward to seeing how the AI will handle the North Atlantic after I've secured Britain. That will tell me how effective it really is. Though the campaign through the Belgian Congo will be a challenge.
You could have it take care of an easy theatre ,mopping up last resistance for example, while you take care of the big fish.
Not all players want to micro manage every theatre all the time.
Im not convinced this is a good idea.
There are three possible options:
- The AI is worse than you are.
- The AI is better than you are.
- The AI is just as good as you are.