There are many things we've ached about for a long time regarding the AI. One of those is the thought that the AI does not upgrade fighters or bombers.
Well, I have news for you...
The AI does upgrade, at least, its fighters!!
I have hard evidence of this, which I have dutifully presented to the CORE Dev team in our hollowed halls of development which we call 'The Wiki'.
Basically it is a savegame set in mid-June 1942. Germany has basic interceptors and is researching improved interceptors and is almost done. She has 23 fighter units all stationed within France/Germany for the most part. She is kicking the poo out of the world as usual. Firing up the game as a minor country and letting it run and keeping your screen focused over mainland Europe (where the fighters are based), and you will soon see Germany complete research on the improved interceptor (BF109 Gustav).
All of a sudden the fighters are gone. Check the ledger for National Airforce Units and see that Germany all of a sudden has ZERO. This is what caught my eye during testing as I frequently check unit production levels. The fighters are, in fact, in for upgrade to the Gustav!!
In this game (a CORE v7 beta - sorry, can't give it out to you guys) it will be quite some time before Germany has the ability to upgrade to improved tac and dive bombers (probably mid-43 at the earliest). I am not sure if that is because of the way the prereqs are set out (30mm+ cannon are a good bit down the arty tree). Anyways, I leave that to the ones in charge of the tech tree to discern. Maybe it's on-time, I don't know. I would like to see if they upgrade those bombers - don't say they won't, because everyone said they don't upgrade fighters and that is now a myth we can happily throw away!
Edit for additional comment: the only negative thing I can report is that the AI does all of its fighter force at once. It would be nice if it did the upgrading in 2-3 stages, taking either half or a third of its fighter force to upgrade at a time. Now Germany's territory (in that game) is ripe for picking.
Well, I have news for you...
The AI does upgrade, at least, its fighters!!
I have hard evidence of this, which I have dutifully presented to the CORE Dev team in our hollowed halls of development which we call 'The Wiki'.
Basically it is a savegame set in mid-June 1942. Germany has basic interceptors and is researching improved interceptors and is almost done. She has 23 fighter units all stationed within France/Germany for the most part. She is kicking the poo out of the world as usual. Firing up the game as a minor country and letting it run and keeping your screen focused over mainland Europe (where the fighters are based), and you will soon see Germany complete research on the improved interceptor (BF109 Gustav).
All of a sudden the fighters are gone. Check the ledger for National Airforce Units and see that Germany all of a sudden has ZERO. This is what caught my eye during testing as I frequently check unit production levels. The fighters are, in fact, in for upgrade to the Gustav!!
In this game (a CORE v7 beta - sorry, can't give it out to you guys) it will be quite some time before Germany has the ability to upgrade to improved tac and dive bombers (probably mid-43 at the earliest). I am not sure if that is because of the way the prereqs are set out (30mm+ cannon are a good bit down the arty tree). Anyways, I leave that to the ones in charge of the tech tree to discern. Maybe it's on-time, I don't know. I would like to see if they upgrade those bombers - don't say they won't, because everyone said they don't upgrade fighters and that is now a myth we can happily throw away!
Edit for additional comment: the only negative thing I can report is that the AI does all of its fighter force at once. It would be nice if it did the upgrading in 2-3 stages, taking either half or a third of its fighter force to upgrade at a time. Now Germany's territory (in that game) is ripe for picking.
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