Units AI is SO DUMB

[Evigmae]

it requires so much micromanagement. Their pathing is bad, their priorities make no sense. And it just feels and looks dumb when they all attack the same (closest) unit instead of spreading out even a little bit.
For an army combat game, the army combat stuff sure is lackluster...

Wish armies behaved a bit more like actual armies and not just dumb AI Actors following a single shared command.

And don't get me wrong, is not that I can't micromanage units, is just that at all times it feels like herding cats.

[Dunning Kruger]

Oh my god, thank you. I thought I was crazy because I did not find a single complaint about this.... Here's hoping they can improve the unit AI.

[Nightmare799]

I love how are people coming to terms this game is really just a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cash grab.

[SnowWuffe]

Originally posted by Nightmare799:

I love how are people coming to terms this game is really just a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cash grab.

No, it's a excellent game, with some flaws like every other game.
But a 83% positive review score and over 80k players playing it at all times.. generally speaks for it being far more than a cash grab.

As for the topic, while i find the AI to be decent.. the actual Unit AI needs to be refined no doubt.... i also dislike you can't make it keep formations while engaging...

[Dunning Kruger]

Originally posted by Nightmare799:

I love how are people coming to terms this game is really just a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cash grab.

Wow, reading comprehension test failed hard.
Just to make it clear to you: I actually like the game a lot. Just because a game has flaws and someone points them out doesn't necessarily mean they don't like the game.
And I don't know whether Evigmae dislikes the game or not - because they did not say anything about what they think of the game in general. They just criticised a single aspect of it.

[kungFUpanda]

Hell I thought the AI is kinda tougher!!! maybe I just suck at eh!

[Sparky]

What like, the unit AI? It seems to (mostly) work as well as any other.

If you A-move they'll all attack the first target they see (usually the first enemy unit that comes on screen) and then spread out to the others after that first guy dies, usually targeting the next closest enemy units. Same if you just right-click on an enemy unit.

That's mostly how it works in other RTS games on this scale. You can make it a bit more interesting though. If you have horses you can pull them off to the side and do some hammer and anvil or flanking moves. You can also pick off HVTs with siege units.

[Subtle Butt ( >ω<)っ ♡]

If you've actually played other age games you'll know that the unit pathing in AoE 4 is miles better than AoE 2 and AoE 3.

[Feri Ferdinan]

This post is so dumb

[Dracos]

Don't have anything more to add, but yeah, i noticed the unit AI being wonk at times too

[Nightmare799]

Originally posted by White:

Originally posted by Nightmare799:

I love how are people coming to terms this game is really just a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cash grab.

No, it's a excellent game, with some flaws like every other game.
But a 83% positive review score and over 80k players playing it at all times.. generally speaks for it being far more than a cash grab.

As for the topic, while i find the AI to be decent.. the actual Unit AI needs to be refined no doubt.... i also dislike you can't make it keep formations while engaging...

If this game wasn't another entry of age of empires nobody would give a damn about it, most of these people are diehard fans trying to justify their purchase to themselves like the good little consoomers they are. Eventually the hype and euphoria of release will die down and these same people will realize the game is just a shameless cash grab riding on franchise popularity.

[bootywarrior43096]

Originally posted by Evigmae:

it requires so much micromanagement. Their pathing is bad, their priorities make no sense. And it just feels and looks dumb when they all attack the same (closest) unit instead of spreading out even a little bit.
For an army combat game, the army combat stuff sure is lackluster...

Wish armies behaved a bit more like actual armies and not just dumb AI Actors following a single shared command.

And don't get me wrong, is not that I can't micromanage units, is just that at all times it feels like herding cats.

Many people argue that the bad path finding increases the skill cap since you have to micro the army yourself instead of a-moving ftw. The pathfinding and AI was worse in AOE2, this game is a step up.

[Nightmare799]

Originally posted by Dunning Kruger:

Originally posted by Nightmare799:

I love how are people coming to terms this game is really just a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cash grab.

Wow, reading comprehension test failed hard.
Just to make it clear to you: I actually like the game a lot. Just because a game has flaws and someone points them out doesn't necessarily mean they don't like the game.
And I don't know whether Evigmae dislikes the game or not - because they did not say anything about what they think of the game in general. They just criticised a single aspect of it.

The forum is rife with people having issues with the game and writing about it's abysmal features, like the lack of adequate zoom-out, lack of blood, poor performance, crappy visuals and unit/building proportions and so on.

[asfasd]

Well it's an RTS, managing units and resources is kind of the point, so naturally... you have to micromanage units and resources. Idk what you expected. If they made the AI smart enough to do everything for you there would be no game.

[DiasFox]

The zoom out is okay-ish. I don't know what is the issue with lack of blood.

Visuals looks clean to me to see what is happening in the game. Unit proportion complaints are actually dumb as much I have read.