AI (friendly) stupidity makes the career unplayable.

[Aurosa]

I just can't take this s.. anymore. Yesterday I've been retrying US mission for x hours, just in rage to delete the entire career. A squadron of FW spawning in random location taking on a squadron of bombers, which resulted in mission failed, and P 51 B squadron, which was supposed to be its escort, just flew randomly doing nothing, getting shot. Pretty much every mission on US side in Normandy career, that involved any enemy fighters, ends up with my squadron being decimated, most get hardly any kills. I get it, Germans have high caliber guns, aimbotting accuracy etc. while Americans have armament that is nothing but a joke, you shoot at them like tratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatata, and they just keep flying like it's nothing. Germans get on your six, and your plane is either torn to pieces instantly, or in a state, when all you can do, is to bail out, if you are not seriously injured. 

 

Now I am trying UK (already removed) with the Tempest (4 x20mm gets the job done), and I managed to complete just 1 mission, but I am stuck on the 2nd, which already takes couple hours of retrying. How come enemy AI is so superior, while friendly is totally brain-dead, not to mention that AI focuses on the player, and adjusts its behavior to what the player does. There is, totally, no logical explanation why a squadron of 8 Tempests flies around in formation, while 1 BF 109 flies freely shooting them down, it feels as if they are train in the air, following an invisible track, and that is all that matter, let the player do the rest, but being one man army is also not fun. I don't want to constantly shoot aircrafts, save everyone, get medals, see everyone do nothing, die, and become a flying ace in days, weeks, months.  

 

Before that, I played Moscow (109 then 110, it was my first career ever) as Germany, and I thought the enemy AI is bad... How come there is a such huge difference between the career AI? How come only the German AI seems to be working well.

 

The amount of AI stupidity I have encountered in this game during my 2xx flights is beyond any level. 

 

If anyone wondered. I am flying with career speed > realistic, mission start > on the ground, power balance > parity, air forces and aaa > numerous, ground forces > numerous.

 

Realism custom, with navigation markers, allow spectators, technochat, handling tips, autopilot on.

Edited February 20 by Aurosa

[kraut1]

9 hours ago, Aurosa said:

I just can't take this s.. anymore. Yesterday I've been retrying US mission for x hours, just in rage to delete the entire career. A squadron of FW spawning in random location taking on a squadron of bombers, which resulted in mission failed, and P 51 B squadron, which was supposed to be its escort, just flew randomly doing nothing, getting shot. Pretty much every mission on US side in Normandy career, that involved any enemy fighters, ends up with my squadron being decimated, most get hardly any kills. I get it, Germans have high caliber guns, aimbotting accuracy etc. while Americans have armament that is nothing but a joke, you shoot at them like tratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatata, and they just keep flying like it's nothing. Germans get on your six, and your plane is either torn to pieces instantly, or in a state, when all you can do, is to bail out, if you are not seriously injured. 

 

Now I am trying UK (already removed) with the Tempest (4 x20mm gets the job done), and I managed to complete just 1 mission, but I am stuck on the 2nd, which already takes couple hours of retrying. How come enemy AI is so superior, while friendly is totally brain-dead, not to mention that AI focuses on the player, and adjusts its behavior to what the player does. There is, totally, no logical explanation why a squadron of 8 Tempests flies around in formation, while 1 BF 109 flies freely shooting them down, it feels as if they are train in the air, following an invisible track, and that is all that matter, let the player do the rest, but being one man army is also not fun. I don't want to constantly shoot aircrafts, save everyone, get medals, see everyone do nothing, die, and become a flying ace in days, weeks, months.  

 

Before that, I played Moscow (109 then 110, it was my first career ever) as Germany, and I thought the enemy AI is bad... How come there is a such huge difference between the career AI? How come only the German AI seems to be working well.

 

The amount of AI stupidity I have encountered in this game during my 2xx flights is beyond any level. 

 

If anyone wondered. I am flying with career speed > realistic, mission start > on the ground, power balance > parity, air forces and aaa > numerous, ground forces > numerous.

 

Realism custom, with navigation markers, allow spectators, technochat, handling tips, autopilot on.

In respect of AI issues during combat you could try:

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/78388-ai-gunnery-mod/

by @Stonehouse