COH3 AI vs AI off balance in Skirmish

[stepuptothebar]

I noticed while trying to familiarize myself with the new buttons and locations, my allied AI beats the enemy AI without me even setting foot near the enemy base.
single standard allies AI beats single standard enemy AI
single standard allies AI beats single tough enemy AI
single standard allies AI beats single veteran enemy AI
I was going to try fearless, but I assume the standard allies with get into their base and destroy them once again. I changed up factions on various levels and results were the same, sit back at HQ, grab a cold one and watch the allied AI win.

Anyone seen this? I mean I would assume a standard skill AI would get the crap kicked out of them by a veteran AI, I mean it would make sense no?

[dr46onfusion]

The AI cheats, so if you are under-performing they too will act in accordance to make up for it.

Note that in Coop Vs AI, if your team ends up having superiority over the enemy using cheesy tactics and stuff, over time the AI might resort to cheats to counter you like spawning vehicles out of thin air when they don't have the resources to build up to that.

Having 4 players against 4 AI, all using Paratrooper drops, you can drop right in front of their base and start killing their starting unit to deny them points.

US Paratrooper upgrades lets you choose heavy machine gunners early on, so you could send your four scouts right up to the border to find out what is the first capture point they are going for, and distract them. And land heavy machine gunners outside all access points from their base to the capture points, to deny them taking them, trapping them in their base. Then start taking all the points and watch how the AI reacts by maybe spawning in a tank or something?

[nicolò]

i played with AI fearless and noticed that when playing axis my bots can win without me 3v4, instead playing with allies even if i play good my bots struggle.

[stepuptothebar]

yeah there is a balance issue , I have tried several combinations (skill level, factions) and the allied AI beats the opposing AI. I am going back and forth to COH2 and wait for possibly some updates where they may fix that. At least In COH2 if I set the opposing AI to a much harder level they will come in and tear up the allied AI if I sit back and watch.

[Abalus]

tried expert 4v4 . didnt do ♥♥♥♥ as ally. AI obliterated axis like child

[stepuptothebar]

Saw in a release note that skill levels were addressed, I installed the new release. Now running v 1.0.7.9932.
My selection -> WEHRMACHT
My Al Allies -> AFRIKAKORPS (Standard), Position 1
Opposing AI -> US FORCES (Standard), Position 1
Map: TORRENTE
Running POP CAP Mod

AFRIKAKORPS had taken 95% of the map, went into the opposing AI location and destroyed them in a total of 22 min. Without any engagement by myself.

Not sure the balance is quite correct still, or would the POP CAP Mod cause this unbalanced scenario?

[Baby Faced Finster]

I have played a lot of 4x4 skirmish using AI Expert. I always set the AI to Expert and get a good game - meaning win or lose is mostly determined how well I play. That being said, the best game balance is achieved when you have a mix of factions. Nothing will lose faster than an all DAK team vs allies. DAK just can't counter the enemy tank rush nor hold the resources required to win without Wehr help. (Early game Brit and US spam light vehicles) All Wehr, or all UK teams can hold their own. US can also but not quite as well as the others.