AI need massive improvements

[Nic727]

 don't think it's a bug, but AI need a lot of improvements. That being said, that is what I experienced in my first career mission. I don't know if it's because I played in Normal instead of Hard, but here it is;

 

1. AI have difficulties keeping formations. Leader was going straight, but me (autopilot) and other wingman were going left and right... Look like they don't know how to turn.
2. AI not following routes  (turned before reaching #2)
3. Gunners are not shooting. I don't know if it's a bug or not, but enemies gunners were not shooting me at all.
4. Enemies bombers not dropping bombs? Bombers were circling around their objectives, but didn't attack... When we approached and start shooting, they dropped the bombs (normal reaction). But why were they circling around the objective we needed to protect?
5. Allies don't care if you are following an enemies, they will join the fight and maybe crash in you?
6. AI not doing evasive manoeuvres? They just don't care to die?

 

They should hire some of the Daidalos Team... AI in 1946 are so good, hard to fight against them.

[Nic727]

Ok... Now I tried with hard difficulties.

 

1. I took off the airfield in manual and after joining the leader, I clicked on autopilot. My AI (autopilot) started to go down in circle with flaps and light on. He circled again and again until he crashed in a tree. Solution: don’t takeoff in manual?

 

2. No words from leader when taking of. Just shooting flares for no reasons...

 

3. What is this formation? Nobody follow the leader or keeping up a true triangle formation.After joining the bombers, it was just free for all left and right.

 

4. They should allow more communications like in 1946. Was much better to understand what’s going on. Now it's very quiet in missions...

 

5. When it's 4 vs 1, but nobody is shooting even in perfect position. BF109 wasn't really scare... Was just turning slowly... (I was in autopilot all the time to test the AI)

Edited March 19, 2018 by Nic727

[Wolferl_1791]

Two behavior patterns piss me off:

1. My flight is engaged from behind by one 109. The plane behind reports being under attack, I report (automatically) that I am engaging an enemy fighter. But the rest of the flight spends another few precious minutes sucking their thumb before finally engaging.

2. While attacking ground targets, my flight ignores AAA instead of clearing them out first, or at least keeping them busy. One MG AAA is enough to destroy my entire flight if I don't take it out asap.