RE: I need Help - AI Testing
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:05 pm
@ Andy
SCENARIO 100 I WILL PM YOU THE LOCATION OF SAVEFILES AND OPREPS AND COMBAT REPS IN DROPBOX
I played Japan, computer obviously was ABDA
I am a noob but here is my feedback:
1) No fortress Palembang
Not enough Allied forces in Palembang. I was rather slow and comp did not reinforce Palembang much. Way to easy to invade Palembang VERY late (February) and win in one day battle.
2) Allies are extremely not aggressive.
As far as I can tell (I did not peek at computer, no cheating) they are doing "sir robin" withdrawal in DEI.
3) I did not bother invading Pacific Islands (am a noob [:D] ) so no idea if AI was programmed to strike back if I went to any Pacific Islands like Wake, Ocean ISland, or even Noumea.
4) Port Moresby was reinforced with the usual - Army DB squadron, some Hudsons, and they are practicing bombing my EMPTY bases (Which I grabbed using SNLF fragment and withdrew) evey day. No idea of LCU in Moresby at this time (again, am a noob).
5) Comp made a stand in Batavia, but it is not good terrain to defend. Two Japanese divisions took it in two days.
6) Shockingly, a 2 BB, some CA and DD escorts showed up at Soerabaja, and I had an anxious moment as KB was 2 hexes away from it.
Shockingly, they did not sortie to attack KB nearby, but sailed to Semarang (or tried to sail there from Soerabaja) as I have 2 divisions plus armor huge invasion fleet unloading there.
KB massacred them.
Interestingly, it looked that Allied TF teleported in somehow, no idea where they came from.
It could be my atrocious search (again, could be me).
7) China.
Usual, clearing up the center,
Allied comp made a stand in Loyang and Chengchow, which is OK.
What is not OK is they allowed me to encircle them, making it a huge kessel. Many Chinese corps totally wiped out.
In south, Amoy and Foochow are chinese offensives every AI match I played as japan. AI always does this.
Kinda surprising at first, and playing on hard they have staying power.
Ichang - they stay in clear terrain, Andy - might want to either do an offensive on Ichang to make japanese life exciting or move them the heck out of clear terrain.
8) Singapore - everything withdraws there, fortress Singapore.
Am OK with that
9) PHI - Manile and Clark defended, then into Bataan. Great!
Playing on hard is masochism as Bataan defenders do not starve nor does overstacking seem to affect the AI.
I think I might play on normal vs AI as this is simply ridiculous.
10) I put JAAF, air HQ (for torps) and G4M on Catanduanes and Jolo ASAP when game began, and these planes have killed whole fleets of Allied merchantmen.
It is March 1942 and they are STILL killing Allied AK and AP.
11) Deep DEI, on the way to Darwin, standard AI, Ambon is a fortress, and so is Kendari.
Might want to reinforce them to give Japanese a nasty surprise.
12) Burma - all brits moved to Sittang Bridge while Rangoon only has 10K troops.
Obvious thing is to naval invade Rangoon and cut them off.
SCENARIO 100 I WILL PM YOU THE LOCATION OF SAVEFILES AND OPREPS AND COMBAT REPS IN DROPBOX
I played Japan, computer obviously was ABDA
I am a noob but here is my feedback:
1) No fortress Palembang
Not enough Allied forces in Palembang. I was rather slow and comp did not reinforce Palembang much. Way to easy to invade Palembang VERY late (February) and win in one day battle.
2) Allies are extremely not aggressive.
As far as I can tell (I did not peek at computer, no cheating) they are doing "sir robin" withdrawal in DEI.
3) I did not bother invading Pacific Islands (am a noob [:D] ) so no idea if AI was programmed to strike back if I went to any Pacific Islands like Wake, Ocean ISland, or even Noumea.
4) Port Moresby was reinforced with the usual - Army DB squadron, some Hudsons, and they are practicing bombing my EMPTY bases (Which I grabbed using SNLF fragment and withdrew) evey day. No idea of LCU in Moresby at this time (again, am a noob).
5) Comp made a stand in Batavia, but it is not good terrain to defend. Two Japanese divisions took it in two days.
6) Shockingly, a 2 BB, some CA and DD escorts showed up at Soerabaja, and I had an anxious moment as KB was 2 hexes away from it.
Shockingly, they did not sortie to attack KB nearby, but sailed to Semarang (or tried to sail there from Soerabaja) as I have 2 divisions plus armor huge invasion fleet unloading there.
KB massacred them.
Interestingly, it looked that Allied TF teleported in somehow, no idea where they came from.
It could be my atrocious search (again, could be me).
7) China.
Usual, clearing up the center,
Allied comp made a stand in Loyang and Chengchow, which is OK.
What is not OK is they allowed me to encircle them, making it a huge kessel. Many Chinese corps totally wiped out.
In south, Amoy and Foochow are chinese offensives every AI match I played as japan. AI always does this.
Kinda surprising at first, and playing on hard they have staying power.
Ichang - they stay in clear terrain, Andy - might want to either do an offensive on Ichang to make japanese life exciting or move them the heck out of clear terrain.
8) Singapore - everything withdraws there, fortress Singapore.
Am OK with that
9) PHI - Manile and Clark defended, then into Bataan. Great!
Playing on hard is masochism as Bataan defenders do not starve nor does overstacking seem to affect the AI.
I think I might play on normal vs AI as this is simply ridiculous.
10) I put JAAF, air HQ (for torps) and G4M on Catanduanes and Jolo ASAP when game began, and these planes have killed whole fleets of Allied merchantmen.
It is March 1942 and they are STILL killing Allied AK and AP.
11) Deep DEI, on the way to Darwin, standard AI, Ambon is a fortress, and so is Kendari.
Might want to reinforce them to give Japanese a nasty surprise.
12) Burma - all brits moved to Sittang Bridge while Rangoon only has 10K troops.
Obvious thing is to naval invade Rangoon and cut them off.
damn you joe Wilkerson for getting me hooked on fixing it !!!