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Playing as France with 6 other AIs. I have seen this issue many times before where the AIs produce a tonne of militia, but I think I finally have an instance where something can be checked. Its July 1805 in the Diplomacy phase and as France I have besieged London. The current garrison is 2i/18m. I think in the Eco phase of March, the AI somehow overproduced militia for Britain. I could be wrong, but it looks like the AI is only using 1MP for militia creation (and perhaps other forces as well). GB gets 16 home nation manpower and a bonus of 2 for a hard AI. As there has only been 1 eco phase for building and militia reinforcements so far, that should mean at most GB could have 9 militia, but instead she has 18 - leading me to surmise that the manpower calculation for militia creation is not being executed correctly.

Marshall, can you have a look at this? Or is this expected behaviour (an aspect of what makes the Hard AI hard)?

Cheers,

Ted

I believe I might be able to shed some light on it. Actually There have been 2 econ phases by July (March and June) and the reinforcement for the militia is the first month so 9 in April and 9 in July which would make the 18. I hope that helps, although there may be other issues if Britian build other factors somewhere else or reinforced London while you were beseiging it.

Ted:
 
I think (Will look) the AI gets a little bonus in manpower BUT not that much!
I'll dig into this...
Appreciate the help!
 
 
 
 

ORIGINAL: obsidiandragon

... Actually There have been 2 econ phases by July (March and June) and the reinforcement for the militia is the first month so 9 in April and 9 in July which would make the 18. ...

obs,
as it's the July diplomacy phase, there have been 2 economic phases, but only 1 phase so far to place militia reinforcements, making the maximum on board militia = 9.

To obsidiandragon:

As sgtpepper mentioned, while it is July and there have been 2 eco phases, there has only been 1 phase so far for adding militia (July reinforcement has not occurred yet). So that doesn't account for the volume of militia present in London.

To Marshall:

Awesome. I have seen something similar with Prussia, but I couldn't be certain. I was playing Austria and fighting a war with Prussia and I was well into a game. I had just decimated the Prussian army in Berlin in June, when the following month he fielded 6 corps full of militia. Being Prussia with its ability to store MP I couldn't be sure this was a bug, but now that I have seen this militia issue in London so soon to the start of a game, I think its much more traceable now.

Cheers,

Ted

I've encountered this problem too. March 1806, easy mode, and AI Prussia has 55 Militia on the board, with a game-to-date manpower collection of about 74.
The next turn, April 1806, Prussia adds a further 87 Militia factors.

Do you want me to upload a save of this, or is this issue now in the bag?

The issue with Prussia getting too many MIL units is solved in testing so that fix will be in v1.03. No need for a save if its Prussia. If anyone has a save showing any other power overproducing MIL it would be something new though,