Did the AI go dumb on me?

[HydroSqueegee]

In my current game, Serbia annexed Albania. Now they are in another war. 3 provinces strong with 16,000 men. Albania is besieged by a 9,000 man army composed of troops from Modena and Tuscany.

Albania has been under siege for a good 9 months and is just beginning to show signs of weakening. Where are the powerful Serbian troops? Sitting at the pub in the province of Serbia. :wacko:

Why do they not attack the invaders? They are only at war with Modena and Tuscany. Its early 1430. Just doesn't make sense.

 

[ForzaA]

No, the AI did not go dumb, he was all the time

16k v 9k is by no means a sure win esp. not into mountains.. and depending on the situation I might have chosen waiting myself too... (for example: wait for them to get the province and to march on, you get the defense bonus)

 

[doktarr]

No, the AI did not go dumb, he was all the time

16k v 9k is by no means a sure win esp. not into mountains.. and depending on the situation I might have chosen waiting myself too... (for example: wait for them to get the province and to march on, you get the defense bonus)

I agree. Unless I had a big advantage in money and manpower, or a great leader, I'd let them wear themselves out in the siege, wait for them to march on me, win that battle, chase them back to Albania, win again, and siege back my province at my leisure. The only reason to do otherwise would be if you needed to make the war shorter (because of other threats, or because you planned to go on the offensive).

 

[HydroSqueegee]

perhaps im just impatient. Its been a while since ive payed a game without cheating. Its just fun some times to get all the cash you need with dear ol montezuma and crush everyone in your path. But that gets very boaring after a bit.

Im having to relearn tactics now that im playing a real game with no cheats.

 

[unmerged(6159)]

Isn't Albania a port anyway? With horrendous attrition? One of the best places an opposing army can be really.

 

[Chaingun]

Certain games suck with cheats. EU2 is sadly one of them, and you should feel ashamed you entered this venomous path . However, cheats do have their place while debugging scenarios or AI development etc.

PS. The only game I ever cheated seriously in was Quake. I haven't cheated other than for debugging purposes since then.

 

[Matija]

16k v 9k is by no means a sure win esp. not into mountains.. and depending on the situation I might have chosen waiting myself too... (for example: wait for them to get the province and to march on, you get the defense bonus)

I agree

 

[HydroSqueegee]

well i just double checked the army size now that im home. Serbia has 31,000 men in Serbia.

:wacko:


ATTACK!...

 

[unmerged(11486)]

What does Albania being a port have to do with attrition? Wouldn't that decrese attrition?

Steele

 

[admiral drake]

a port doesn't matter asfar as i know , you can however blockade the port to double/increase the suply limit

 

[Sardaukar]

Doesn't the siege last longer if you don't blockade the port ? City is thus able to get supplied by ships and it takes longer to sack the place. That means increased attrition to besieger. I always try to blockade any city I'm besieging.

 

[Zander]

Correct, an unblockaded port prevents you from getting the "time bonus" to your siege. It is, in fact, theoretically possible for an unblockaded siege to go on literally forever, whereas an inland or blockaded siege will inevitably progress a point every few months.

 

[unmerged(16560)]

Does anyone else think it would be really cool to include a function where, if the owner of the province or his allies parked a fleet outside the besieged province, the siege went *very* slowly, due to the province being supplied by the fleet?

 

[unmerged(24779)]

The province is already supplied if it has a port that is not blockaded.

 

[unmerged(19936)]

Maybe that will be in the next beta, or maybe I'm being too optimistic.