Empty carriers (ai)

[GS_Guderian]

AI USA lost more than 10 CVs (most Tier III) to my fleet because they rarely ever had planes on them. During the first encounters maybe 10 planes, but no chance vs. my over 100.

Later every single battle was against empty carriers. Can't AI just leave them in port until better times come?

 

[tylerdurden199]

One just really can't expect the AI to do anything right in this game. Insane that a company can sell hundreds of thousands of copies and still not even get close to having a working AI.

 

[Redz28]

One just really can't expect the AI to do anything right in this game. Insane that a company can sell hundreds of thousands of copies and still not even get close to having a working AI.

Right on. I've learned my lesson, no matter what the hype, wait at least a year from release to buy a HOI title.

 

[Sanny]

One just really can't expect the AI to do anything right in this game. Insane that a company can sell hundreds of thousands of copies and still not even get close to having a working AI.

To be fair, not many games out there have decent AI. It's still a field where there's a lot of research and experimentation.

 

[Meglok]

AI USA lost more than 10 CVs (most Tier III) to my fleet because they rarely ever had planes on them. During the first encounters maybe 10 planes, but no chance vs. my over 100.

Later every single battle was against empty carriers. Can't AI just leave them in port until better times come?

There are a lot of issues with naval warfare. Many stem from the AI production issues. The ai will not build enough screens, will not retreat to repair, etc etc. The lack of planes on the decks may be due to the poorly tested production changes in 1.3.3. Depending on where an item is on the production queue, lack of oil, rubber, or aluminum may shut down production of planes. Shortages are not spread out and the effects not supposed to shut down lines but they do and the ai is clueless in dealing with it.

 

[macegee]

And here I thought about playing as Japan, hoping that AI USA would be a better opponent than the AI Japan.. Just gotta play some other game, I guess. Oh well..

I'm not sure, but it appears that this is one of many issues that's been there since 1.0. And while one of the causes is the fact that the AI can't do production and building up reserves properly, I completely agree that empty carriers should go to port and it is a separate AI issue. There's a dedicated AI thread around here where you can nag as everybody else. Or try reporting it in bug report section. Either way, we gotta keep reminding the devs about such problems, because, apparently, there's no proper QA and dedicated bug hunters around.