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Post by Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel on Oct 1, 2017 3:02:48 GMT
We all notice that WC4 AI is better than WC3 AI. Now we better analyze the AI Behavior and find holes and exploits in the AI. I'll start: - They produce more units (more aggressive).
- Unlike in WC3, they replace the units inside a city when you damage them. So, they no longer leave weak units anymore. I haven't seen the value of HP when the units move, though.
- I'm still trying to see their attack priority. But the obvious: Forts < Units < Units in a city
- No more paraspam (yay!). By kanue
- AI ships will try to attack transport ships. We can use this to lure enemy navy. (Not guaranteed but often happens) by kanue
- AI will guard a city when enemy is close (Last time I tried it, my Guderian was able to smash Leningrad. Needs more testing). by kanue
- Still related to the previous point, they may even seek your units. Can be used as a bait (I've seen the AI not doing this. NMT). by soonerjbd
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Post by soonerjbd on Oct 1, 2017 4:10:18 GMT
An obvious weakness is that the AI can't resist a mismatch, so if a heavy tank has a chance to attack an infantry unit, it will often do so even when it may not be the ideal target. You can also use that propensity to lure the enemy out of cities. They will often leave a city undefended to take the bait.
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Post by kanue on Oct 1, 2017 4:12:39 GMT
I do not remember seeing AI drop paratrooper in my empty city. And they no longer para-spam. That's a good thing!
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Post by kanue on Oct 1, 2017 4:19:16 GMT
AI has a 'cautious' range where it will build a unit to defend the city if we get within the range. You can exploit this by using fast moving units stay at the max movement range from the city (to avoid AI from defending it) and attack the city on the next turn. This works well in Central Asia, Siberia and Africa.
Another thing I notice is that AI will move ship to attack you ground unit when it moves into the water. So you can lure annoying submarine that sitting in the port to come out and use another unit to capture the port. There are times that I see this trick does not work tho.
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