Let's talk AI

[Heatth]

Speaking for myself, this thread have been the antithesis of my experience. AI seems remarkably better than its used to. They avoid and run from impossible combat, and coordinate keeping armies close (allies even try to include me, keeping their armies near mine more often than not). They also seem to target forts, from what I can tell, though they will often abandon it to fight battles.

 

[Shadowstrike]

With regards to the "carpet sieging unfortified provinces" problem, could the solution of "capturing an unfortified province automatically captures all adjacent provinces that are not within a ZoC" - which was mentioned in Developer Diary before 1.12, but changed before that patch went live - be brought back? Not only would it make the AI problem simpler, it would also cut down on the micromanagement of having to siege down each province (which was the impetus behind originally introducing the fort change in the first place), and actually encourage players to build covering border forts.

 

[mergele]

I too have found the AI very solid. Reliably reeinforcing battles, trusting me to reeinforce them, and just in general be pretty competent. Problems I have encountered are with the defend and siege stance for subjects, wich turn them into suicide machines. And in one case spain completly sat out on a war with the ottomans while fielding 25% of our manpower. Though they might have been unable to get military access to reach the fight.