Before I say my piece on this one, I just want to say IMO this is a great game and the best anyone will see on the Eastern Front.

I too was appalled to watch my army literally melt away during the first winter I played, when I thought I had prepared well for it. The whole army was stopped at the ...

I was expecting them to maybe have 9-10MPs each and to find them bunched under the German 'hook'. It seems to be my mistake.

Actually it turned out to be 3 turns away. The remaining units still in the 'pocket' disappeared the next turn, so no point trying to hem them in either.

This is August 10th;

I know this is an old chestnut, but just pointing out a crazy example where about 40 divisions are just picked up and moved where the AI wanted them when there was a chance of an encirclement. It would improve the game significantly if a better balance was somehow struck on these movement rules ...

Thanks, I updated to that patch and saw the same result as yourself.

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<r> The 218th has broken out of the pocket and is now near Rzhev! Note also the number of divisions that have appeared to the north, where at the end of the previous turn there were none.<br/>
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<r> Quick update; Playing at 98, I have seen the same problems with AI unit movements. I have an example below also where units miraculously escape from a pocket. Maybe I am missing something, but how the 218th Mechanized Division got out of the pocket and moved to where it was the next turn defies ...

<t> Many thanks Joel, much appreciated. Balancing AI is a very interesting subject! I'll try dropping it just under 100 and see what happens, and will also keep an eye on announced updates etc. I agree, you don't want the AI to be too much of a pushover, and I like the challenge the current AI ...

Just bumping this, as I am looking at starting a new game and want to check, would this be a bug on normal setting (100)?

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I have been flat out with work, so only now checked my game. I feel like a goose, but when everyone was mentioning a morale of 110 I thought that was default, but no, I have been playing with everything set to 100, so maybe this is a bug after all as the AI shouldn't be ...

Would like to see where AI at 110 is simply a 10% boost, and that one can individually 'check' the other options so that they're not linked to the % of difficulty. (Akin to Fog of War, enabled or not, one can have the 'AI Added Movement' or 'AI Teleports' etc as option).

Many thanks all, I'll put in a suggestion for a change, but will also try what has been put forward here.

In regards to the AI, I think it plays about the best I have seen AI in any comparable game. It doesn't let you get away with much, and that in itself is a big achievement.

<t> Ok - what else is affected by lowering the morale? I read the manual, but can't see where the changes are itemized. Maybe the selections for difficultly could be made more granular? Playing with an AI morale of 110, I can get very close to a sudden victory by October 1st 41, but haven't quite ...

<t> I'll put a thread in the requests section. Yes, I am aware of the effort that goes into the AI, as an outsider, and I am in awe of what has gone into this. This wasn't a criticism, it was just that what I saw was so outrageous I thought it must have been a bug. I think it is a fair question ...

<t> That's interesting in regards the bonus the AI gets in terms of reaction. That nullifies one of the biggest advantages the German's would have gotten if they had captured Moscow, and I have found capturing Moscow doesn't seem to count for much in the game, aside from the lost production and VPs ...

<t> Ok, I get that, but realistically they couldn't move that many units that far in such a short time frame. As I said, I can't do it, and rightfully so. I have seen similar behavior at times in earlier games, but this example was really striking. It looks to me like the AI picked up all his units ...

What does WAD stand for? I can't see how the Russians can move units that far all within a week - I can't. I counted 17 units in the south that just disappeared, and they weren't on rail lines. I understand it is a computer game, but it isn't close to being realistic.

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