Something fishy with the drop-in option...

[Slaists]

Has anyone else noticed this? On campaign start (FOTS in this case), the first battle is by default a drop-in (which can be canceled; defaulting to AI). The thing is, if that first drop-in is canceled in favor of an AI opponent, drop-in opponent is almost never offered again. I thought, it was because the system did not find battles evenly matched. Well, as it turns out, it is not so.

I just fired up a Saga campaign. The first battle (naval), I opted to have a drop-in partner which was promptly found. We fought a good battle; I won, but the last enemy ship escaped. Ok, I attacked the escaped ship; even though the odds were tremendously in my favor, drop-in partner was offered again. Just trying to test the system, I opted for a human opponent. Again, a partner was found promptly (I'm sorry for this poor person for the odds presented). I won. On the next battle (this time land, odds again, tremendously in my favor), a drop-in partner was offered again.

Here's the catch. I reloaded the last naval battle (with the odds in my favor) and opted for an AI opponent instead. On the very next battle (the same land battle mentioned above), no drop-in was offered anymore...

So, the drop-in option seems inconsistent. It is not determined by how even the odds are, but rather by whether you opted out of having a drop-in opponent in the last battle... hmm... Or is it just bugged...

[Slaists]

LOL, I guess, drop-ins are not that popular

[Thorien Kell]

Well not really, no. Concept is fine but most of ppl playing campaign want to play by themselves - vs comp, build up the empire etc. Besides, it never works, I've tried it several times and nothing happend. And it bugs your MM request, giving you fall armies if you opted only for S2 too.

[Condottiere 40K]

I tend to get creamed, but I do it for the experience, and occasionally manage to turn a probable defeat into a costly victory. Nothing refines your tactical skills as in a game where you have nothing to lose, and you can try out a variety of tactics.

[PandaChef]

Has anyone else noticed this? On campaign start (FOTS in this case), the first battle is by default a drop-in (which can be canceled; defaulting to AI). The thing is, if that first drop-in is canceled in favor of an AI opponent, drop-in opponent is almost never offered again. I thought, it was because the system did not find battles evenly matched. Well, as it turns out, it is not so.

I just fired up a Saga campaign. The first battle (naval), I opted to have a drop-in partner which was promptly found. We fought a good battle; I won, but the last enemy ship escaped. Ok, I attacked the escaped ship; even though the odds were tremendously in my favor, drop-in partner was offered again. Just trying to test the system, I opted for a human opponent. Again, a partner was found promptly (I'm sorry for this poor person for the odds presented). I won. On the next battle (this time land, odds again, tremendously in my favor), a drop-in partner was offered again.

Here's the catch. I reloaded the last naval battle (with the odds in my favor) and opted for an AI opponent instead. On the very next battle (the same land battle mentioned above), no drop-in was offered anymore...

So, the drop-in option seems inconsistent. It is not determined by how even the odds are, but rather by whether you opted out of having a drop-in opponent in the last battle... hmm... Or is it just bugged...

I had this problem before, i think you can toggle it back on in the menus, although for my game the issue has been fixed and even if i play against AI it always comes up.

@Thorien i have found it does work and is very good, so much better than the rubbish ai which can be conned so easily. I havent had the problems you mentioned