Can I defend ? No! AI can - You fool attack!

**Cormac** · April 01, 2009, 06:14 PM

I have to say, I have enough of this bug - I'm suppose to defend myself - I had carefuly prepared my troops with defensive positions, spent quite some time to do so, and...

no - AI troops just standing & watching...

Eh... so, I must attack of course - the defender...

There was so many talking about AI in this new part of Total War series, and for what?

, this is just a joke.
The game is full of bugs, but instead of test it and improve, they have to rush and bring it to the wolrd to piss all the Total War fans...

**D.B. Cooper** · April 01, 2009, 06:16 PM

This bug is still here eh? It happens in Rome and Med2 too

and it is annoying. Like you I take time to create the best defending formation, and then I have to toss it all because the attacking AI is defending.

**pericles_plato** · April 01, 2009, 06:17 PM

Weird my enemies attack all the time, Welcome to the forums.

**Cormac** · April 01, 2009, 06:33 PM

I just cant understand - how its possible, that this bug could be in Total War games for so long? Why wont they finaly fix it? D.B. has damn right - this IS annoying like hell.
For what give to the player all this defending possibilities, If I just can't use them? Waste of time and a great waste for the game...
Sure - I can always attack... but this suppose to be a great strategy game, not the russian army battle strategy...
If I have to defend myself I want to use everything I can - everything the game has to offer. Otherwise I always can install an old Red Alert 2 and build 50 Rhino Tanks to do the job done...

**Quixote07** · April 01, 2009, 07:05 PM

*cough* Check out the released mod section *cough*

**Sorkenlol** · April 01, 2009, 07:31 PM

Anyone remember that post a while back from an anonymous developer on the australian CA team? Well, he was saying that CA Australia, the creators of MTW2, made ETW from scratch or partially, don't remember, and that CA UK was just something they told us since MTW2 was so inferior to Rome which CA UK created.

I'm seriously starting to believe this. Just look at the AI similarities, the dev who coded the AI in MTW2 has OBVIOUSLY created this one. Either that, or they just took the old AI, made some tweaks to it and wrapped it in a new fancy cover.

**Constantin_the_Great** · April 01, 2009, 07:49 PM

run some cavalry at them as soon as the enemy reacts run back and that should trigger the whole army...

**theoander** · April 01, 2009, 10:43 PM

Solutions...

1. Use artillery. If the AI is under artillery fire they will advance. This is one of the best uses for artillery in the game.
2. Have a battle time limit. I have mine set for 1 hour, but if you expierence this allot, perhaps a shorter time period is wise.
3. Check out the mods section, the awesome modders have already been able to vastly improve the AI.

**priam11** · April 02, 2009, 06:57 AM

Funny but they seem to attack me most of the time. I have yet to encounter this bug in ETW.

**pericles_plato** · April 02, 2009, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by priam11

Funny but they seem to attack me most of the time. I have yet to encounter this bug in ETW.

ME also. Glad i don't have this bug i like defending even when i attack.

**Konrad von Richtmark** · April 02, 2009, 04:36 PM

In my experience, lobbing cannonballs at the enemy tends to convince the AI to advance to a distance where it can fire back. And if the AI is the one lobbing cannonballs at you at long range, you're rightly the one who needs to come to him, regardless of who is the attacker strategically speaking.