Useless Allies

[hazy707]

I started a game on the WW2 scenario the other day and decided to play as Canada, as I wanted to play a game where I could sit back a little and see how the AI handles things out. All went pretty well, and the usual happened, such as France being defeated, USA entering war etc.

But here was my problem, my allies weren't doing anything. In Europe, a German-Soviet Stalemate occurred for 5 years, whilst the USA had 100+ divisions stacked in Washington, and Britain having 20+ division stacks throughout the country. Whilst Japan took over Asia, and Germany left France undefended to deal with the Soviets, I was amazed at how little my fellow allies were using their armies. In the end, the Soviets started to push the Germans so fast I decided to attack France with my small army, and I managed to take nearly half without any sign of German troops.

So I am asking you, was I just unlucky? Does the Allies AI usually do well? Or perhaps I was expecting too much?

 

[Nabobalis]

There is a bug with the invasion AI code I believe which has been fixed in the upcoming patch.

 

[am300307]

It has been fixed, its much better in the beta

 

[wuwu]

how do you transport your troops from canada to germany? I tried but could never bring any troop from americas to any other continent. Transport ships seem to be out of range.

 

[RorySheen]

how do you transport your troops from canada to germany? I tried but could never bring any troop from americas to any other continent. Transport ships seem to be out of range.

You load your toops onto the ships and rebase them in one of your allies ports... Britain is usually the best choice, then from there you can land on any of the beaches in the north of France.

 

[hazy707]

There is a bug with the invasion AI code I believe which has been fixed in the upcoming patch.

If this is true then I'm happy, this was just the one problem that, for me, was otherwise ruining a perfectly good game.

 

[walrus]

If this is true then I'm happy, this was just the one problem that, for me, was otherwise ruining a perfectly good game.

It's fixed. AI happily invades and ships troops to overseas battlefronts. Although you do get some kooky results like Japan invading Panama, then using that as a springboard to conquer most of the carribean.

 

[guczy]

It's fixed. AI happily invades and ships troops to overseas battlefronts. Although you do get some kooky results like Japan invading Panama, then using that as a springboard to conquer most of the carribean.

I don't have a pic as i dont have the save anymore, but in my game Japan landed in Anchorage. I felt a little bit like "Fallout", then i remembered that was the Chinese...my brain might be a racist....

 

[walrus]

I don't have a pic as i dont have the save anymore, but in my game Japan landed in Anchorage. I felt a little bit like "Fallout", then i remembered that was the Chinese...my brain might be a racist....

Epic

Any US players will definitely have to be on their toes when dealing with Japan in the future.