do neutrals attack enemy AIs?

[00yiggdrasill00]

ive been hearing and seeing conflicting things so whats actually happening? ive seen enemy squads with levels which means fighting and i swear ive seen them attacked but i dont know for sure and it may be a faulty memory

[Jey]

Yes they do.

[00yiggdrasill00]

thank you for letting me know im not going senile at a young age

[adder007usa]

Yep, nothing funnier than seeing enemy space marines suddenly getting attacked from behind by a big NOPE when they weren't paying attention to the location of a catachan devil nest.

[SumatranRatMonkey]

Originally posted by Waaaghboss:

They do, but often times it will look like they team up with enemy AI against you in a close fight

Confirmation Bias (TM)

[Jey]

Actually it's not a confirmation bias.
It's a lack-of-information bias.

Once the wildlife has been unleashed (i.e a member of their pack has been hit, even by overwatch), they will attack anyone.
However they don't exactly attack mindlessly. While it's a bit more complicated, overall the AI will try to maximize the damage.
If you play Orks against SM, most of the time the wildlife will prefer attacking you because of your lower armor, for example.

Depending on your factions and units you use, it's definitely possible to rightfully feel like wildlife and enemies team up.

[00yiggdrasill00]

thank you all for the extra info

[sarrowquand]

I remember one time a while back I was about to launch an attack on a Bot Space Marine player when suddenly their entire army went grey because their city was destroyed by the Lord of Skulls.

[SumatranRatMonkey]

Originally posted by Iffu:

Actually it's not a confirmation bias.
It's a lack-of-information bias.

Once the wildlife has been unleashed (i.e a member of their pack has been hit, even by overwatch), they will attack anyone.
However they don't exactly attack mindlessly. While it's a bit more complicated, overall the AI will try to maximize the damage.
If you play Orks against SM, most of the time the wildlife will prefer attacking you because of your lower armor, for example.

Depending on your factions and units you use, it's definitely possible to rightfully feel like wildlife and enemies team up.

Thanks. I barely ever play Orks, might be related to my perception of it being fair.

To explain my position, players typically weigh situations that went against them more heavily. I say typically because I've seen it happen frequently where I knew for a fact how something worked because I had the source code, while players saw imaginary biases against them everywhere, especially if randomness was involved. So one aspect of good game design revolves around avoiding creating the perception that the game is against you even when it objectively is not.

[imposter3]

Not only will it attack the AI, if you set the density to max it will sometimes take out the AI's city if they get a rough enough spawn point and get their early units jumped by strong neutrals.