Morale of the units must go down

[4th Regiment]

I am very experienced player and last several days was playing your mod for the first time. All together it is the best one out there I have played so far. But there is one relatively serious thing to be changed.

Moral of units in the battle is too high. I know it was probably done to make battles longer and more interesting to some players but it became too unrealistic. Some of the units will continue to fight with only one men standing alive! Even levy units fight until they lost 70% or so, soldiers!

One example – I was outnumbered 2:1 and loosing a battle where my general was 2 stars and enemy 5 stars general. Despite this, my peasants routed only after they were cut down to 30-40 men (out of 200) while Viking axmen fought with only one men still alive . Also, enemy hunter archers stood their ground until last men fighting my general and his Hursakls cavalry died out fighting (they kept charging with only one man!!!). In real life 90% casualties in battle were after the rout and peasants/levies would rout after first signs of real trouble…

[django333]

Unfortunately the problem is the AI doesn't know how to flank properly. It's very easy to make the AI rout by charging the flanks with cavalry or heavy infantry. I would assume your own soldiers would rout just as easily if the AI used cavalry and heavy infantry effectively.

[Sargon_of_Akkad]

I have to just say I think the AI is vastly improved, as I've seen them performing some very valid tactics before now - tactics that actually looked as though the computer looked at the disposition of my army and decided it knew what to do...

[django333]

Oh yea. The AI is much improved from vanilla. But I think there is only so much the modders can do to improve over vanilla. The AI does try to flank with cavalry but it's very easy to counter it.

[Santiago de Pola]

Oh yea. The AI is much improved from vanilla. But I think there is only so much the modders can do to improve over vanilla. The AI does try to flank with cavalry but it's very easy to counter it.

There are some good BAI mods on the forum! Try XBAI or Condotierre's Freedom BAI, if you're not satisfied with the default SS BAI!

I personally use Freedom BAI, and it's pretty good..

[iron88]

I think overall it has made for better battles, but their have been some funny oddities. Like the last 50 or less enemy again trying to push up a ram one last time after 95% of their men are dead or routed and they have yet to make a dent. Moral does seem to be lower in the latest updates. In 6.1 it was a real grind out affair. Now units are tough, but they just need a little more encouragement. I tend to like this in between.