The Idle General Problem

**Wolfgrin** · April 28, 2008, 10:16 AM

I still see AI generals alone or with a few units standing in the same place turn after turn, usually until they die. Anyway to fix that?

**y2day** · April 28, 2008, 10:32 AM

assasinate them?

It seems with vanilla the AI tended to forget about armies, and this is still a problem in SS as well. Is it fixable? i do not know.

**TemplarLord** · April 28, 2008, 10:42 AM

The Fatimid had a full stack near my castle of Gaza... They didn't attack for about 3 turns, and the army turned rebel

**shenryyr** · April 28, 2008, 10:46 AM

I see single generals standing alone in enemy territory all the time. It's fun picking them off, but seems so retarded on the computer's part.

**cannon3231** · April 28, 2008, 12:35 PM

Its just one of those things that the AI does wrong that a human opponent never does. That's why they get money scripts, etc. on the higher difficulties. They get unfair advantages to make up for errors like this.

**chaos** · April 28, 2008, 12:41 PM

Are you sure that the AI general does not have low loyalty, and has the "You are not my King" trait? If one of my generals has low loyalty, I will put him out by himself so that if he goes rebel, he doesn't take alot of troops with him. Perhaps the AI is doing the same.

**Wolfgrin** · April 28, 2008, 02:33 PM

I don't think the AI does this intentionally. It has happened since Vanilla. I just hate to see the AI squander resources like that. It also breaks the feel of the game, as I realize I'm not playing a cunning, ruthless enemy but an idiot.