Experience with Naval Combat/Amphib AI?

[aelbric]

Hey all.

My three bigest gripes about HOI (though I still play it today) were:

1) The Air Combat system was terrible.
2) The Strategic Warfare system required too much micromanagement
3) The AI was virtually useless in concucting naval warfare/amphibious warfare (e.g. Japan)

So my question is: Although the air and strategic warfare systems appear to have recieved their much needed overhauls, how does th AI perform in island hopping campaigns? Does the AI put together effective task forces? Does it provide land based aircraft for Island based in the Pacific? Is it capable of maintaining a cohesive front in large water based areas (i.e. the Pacific)?

I would LOVE to be able to play the Americans or the British and have a Japanese AI player be somewhat of a challenge. Conversely, I would love to play the Japanese and have the Allied AI be somewhat of a challenge in the Pacific Theater as well. Can anyone give us an idea of if we should expect this? Or should I continue to look forward to playing Germany (not that that will stop? ).

 

[unmerged(35776)]

Come on, you -know- no-one in the beta is going to answer your question, and the only way to get it answered is to play the game yourself. I dont know why youre wasting your time like this

 

[aelbric]

Heh, you never know. I might get lucky. Having information withdrawal. And this after I PROMISED myself I wouldn't check the forums till after it was in my mailbox.

Must.....have.....HOI2..... :wacko:

 

[unmerged(35776)]

Heh, you never know. I might get lucky. Having information withdrawal. And this after I PROMISED myself I wouldn't check the forums till after it was in my mailbox.

Must.....have.....HOI2..... :wacko:

Lol. I know whatll fix your severe HoI 2 defficiency: hop on over to the graphical mod thread and try making something out of those PG2 icons i just put up. Fun stuff, I promise

 

[Exterous]

Come on, you -know- no-one in the beta is going to answer your question, and the only way to get it answered is to play the game yourself. I dont know why youre wasting your time like this

takikaze has the press release and is not bound by NDA. You could ask him