AI Spamming archers/crossbows

**intestino** · June 18, 2014, 09:33 AM

Does somebody else experiencing this problem? In my danish campaign I saw Norway and England with stacks almost full of missile units
Is there a file where I can edit some values to balance this?

**ludizoki** · June 18, 2014, 10:00 AM

No but i have seen Byzantines with 4 full stacks of cavalry on both Rhodes and Cyprus. They were just standing there while i was roflstompting Turkey

**Geoffrey of Villehardouin** · June 18, 2014, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by intestino

Does somebody else experiencing this problem? In my danish campaign I saw Norway and England with stacks almost full of missile units
Is there a file where I can edit some values to balance this?

You can lower the recruitment priority of the affected factions' levy archers in the EDU. Making it -1 should be enough.

**intestino** · June 19, 2014, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by Geoffrey of Villehardouin

You can lower the recruitment priority of the affected factions' levy archers in the EDU. Making it -1 should be enough.

It seems to have worked for those factions. Although I'm starting to see the teutonics and poland doing the same.

**vin2579** · July 08, 2014, 01:38 AM

I love using stacks of peasant archer levys with the auto battle option (forget what it is called) although in the actual battlefield I find them useless.

**KiKiweaky** · July 08, 2014, 12:36 PM

Probably the only available unit for them to recruit, you get the same with the moors in north Africa. Camel spear men, peasants, balistas and catapults

**~~King of the Ring~~** · July 08, 2014, 07:06 PM

gotta be fun

**vin2579** · July 10, 2014, 02:26 AM

With smaller army's a large force of peasant crossbow men in the front are always useful, cheap and quick to replace and they help shield your better troops behind them.

Just make sure to toggle skirmish mode OFF and guard mode ON so they continue to shoot even if the front of their unit is engaged.

**Byg** · July 10, 2014, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by ludizoki

No but i have seen Byzantines with 4 full stacks of cavalry on both Rhodes and Cyprus. They were just standing there while i was roflstompting Turkey

That's because the ai gets confused over naval troops movements. There is a one word piece of text in one of the files that you can alter, which will allow the ai to make or send a ship to pick up trapped units. Change the setting back after a while because it inhibits naval invasion.

Can't remember the word or the file, but it is written in the BGRV page somewhere, though it applies to any game or mod. It was on a line like "allow naval invasion yes" or something.

**vin2579** · July 10, 2014, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by Byg

That's because the ai gets confused over naval troops movements.

The naval aspect of total war games has always been disappointing me, the A.I. itself seems to just simply not be able to handle it :,(

**~~King of the Ring~~** · July 11, 2014, 05:58 PM

the AI is an overall dissapointment but some individuals here are not because they lose to this AI

**vin2579** · July 12, 2014, 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by King of the Ring

the AI is an overall dissapointment but some individuals here are not because they lose to this AI

Whenever I lose to the A.I. (Specially a battle that I actually have the same amount of units or even more than the A.I. enemy) I break my keyboard and go cry in my bed... Good thing I get a discount on buying $5 keyboards in bulk with amazon.