Friendly advice, CA. Get ships linking together..

[Humble Warrior]

What I mean is have AI friendly ships react to other AI friendly ships in trouble or action. Not just when they detect the Player`s ship.

In Shogun 2, FOTS, I can creep round to enemy ships in a row, come in and pick them off one at a time single file. When one ship `notices` me it turns and attacks, while it`s friend next to it will do nothing as long as I don`t move any closer. I can then slaughter this one ship alone while the others just sit there in full view. Then I go for the next and the next. I have slaughtered 8 + powerful ships with only 3 good ships using this tactic with barely any damage received.

Change it.

[maximusdecimusm]

This is not just a ship problem, it is an underlying AI issue, which is that the AI doesn't really know how to use multiple units together in order to make them more effective. It treats all of its units like an individual on the battlefield, instead of as part of a larger formation.

[Humble Warrior]

This is not just a ship problem, it is an underlying AI issue, which is that the AI doesn't really know how to use multiple units together in order to make them more effective. It treats all of its units like an individual on the battlefield, instead of as part of a larger formation.

Well, I don`t really see that on land battles any more, at least in shogun 2. In Shogun 2 and FOTS, the Battle land AI seems very good at coordinating its troops together. It`s quite rare now for it to attack with one unit while the rest do nothing.

But ships are not so well programmed..

[Shocked]

In the new game several ships will be together in one unit so I doubt this will still be a big problem

[daelin4]

The AI has improved somewhat, it's just more erratic than consistent that their will park their armies fearlessly at you as your bowmen whittle them down to bite-sized portions. I've a feeling that the battle AI for ships are barely developed- we also have to admit that there hasn't yet been a TW title where ship combat involved melee actions than just a sail-round-shoot-em-up. The AI never really tries to board you in Shogun2 either.

Here's hoping they don't create a fancy ship-and-land battles where it actually ends up contributing nothing to the average campaign progress.