AI Continental Army

[squarian]

Playing 1775-83 at Brits, 1.04c w/ComMod -

It's the early months of 1778, and I've yet to see the Continental Army act, or as far as I can tell even move out of Philadelphia. Is this an aberration or a glitch in the AI? Has anyone seen the main rebel army act so passively before?

[arsan]

Maybe he's just taking winter quarters??
Its cold outside on the first months of the year...

[Sol Invictus]

Yeah, you ever been in Philidelphia during the winter? leure: I'd be indoors hugging the hearth as well.

[squarian]

Maybe he's just taking winter quarters??
Its cold outside on the first months of the year...

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I don't mean the CA hasn't moved in the first months of the `78 - I mean it hasn't moved in the entire game. It's been sitting there in Philly while I've systematically conquered every strategic city & objective south of Pennsylvania. I've reconquered the American colonies with boot leather rather than bayonets.

But I gather the answer to my question is that this isn't normal and usually the AI tries to fight with its main army? I assume the AI is essentially the same as AACW, which is certainly not so passive.

[arsan]

Ops, that's different No, it's not normal... but
What do you mean by "the Continental Army"?? It's just a stack called that way? or you mean all the American forces??
Haven't you found any other enemy stacks around defending objectives and attacking??
Has the Ai done nothing since 1775??
Maybe you are playing with the Ai deactivated??
I guess not!
What have happened north of Phily??
Cheers

[lodilefty]

I've certainly seen much activity by the CA, so some questions:

What settings [aggression, attrition, sighting bonus, Leader bonus, etc.]?

And note: Philly is the Capital. AI tends to be very protective of the Capital....
...so sensitive that we 'block' London and Paris to help keep the AI from sending everything there!

[squarian]

Ops, that's different No, it's not normal... but
What do you mean by "the Continental Army"?? It's just a stack called that way? or you mean all the American forces??
Haven't you found any other enemy stacks around defending objectives and attacking??
Has the Ai done nothing since 1775??
Maybe you are playing with the Ai deactivated??
I guess not!
What have happened north of Phily??
Cheers

I mean the main American force, ranging in power from 600-900 and considerably larger than any of the forces the AI has actually thrown at me. I haven't gone snooping in the American files yet, but presumably it's Washington's stack.

The AI isn't deactivated - various small raiding forces or bits and pieces of militia have been wandering around in the south, giving me something to hunt down while I occupy the country. And a small army (250-300 pwr) under Gates has belatedly assembled at Camden but seems content to stay put while I gather overwhelming odds to crush it.

In the north, a substantial army (about 250-300 pwr) likewise belatedly formed under Greene opposite my force in/around New York - it finally attacked my post at Norwalk twice recently. I've ignored the Hudson & Mohawk valleys, but there have been some concentration around Albany also, opposite Burgoyne. So the AI isn't completely inactive - but it hasn't done much to oppose me and most particularly it isn't using its main army for much more than Congress' honour guard.

[squarian]

I've certainly seen much activity by the CA, so some questions:

What settings [aggression, attrition, sighting bonus, Leader bonus, etc.]?

And note: Philly is the Capital. AI tends to be very protective of the Capital....
...so sensitive that we 'block' London and Paris to help keep the AI from sending everything there!

FOW & AI on, Activation normal (medium setting), Difficulty normal, Aggression normal, Activation Bonus normal, AI detect bonus low.

In case you'd like to see them, here are the save game files.

[vonRocko]

Playing 1775-83 at Brits, 1.04c w/ComMod -

It's the early months of 1778, and I've yet to see the Continental Army act, or as far as I can tell even move out of Philadelphia. Is this an aberration or a glitch in the AI? Has anyone seen the main rebel army act so passively before?

That is pretty much the same as what I have seen. Playing Britain in the campaign is boring,it is a cakewalk every time.Try playing the continentals,they are more challenging.

[squarian]

That is pretty much the same as what I have seen. Playing Britain in the campaign is boring,it is a cakewalk every time.Try playing the continentals,they are more challenging.

Well, I'll get around to playing the other side eventually. But if this is a consistent problem, maybe the American AI could use a tune-up.

Is the parameter for protecting Philadelphia maybe too high? Washington abandoned it, after all.

[phantomfeather]

I had the same problem with this game also. I played the American Revolution game &, not once, for the entire game the AI did not move Clinton out of his Canadian stronghold. In fact, except for a few small skirmishes in the south early in the campaign the AI as British never made another threat. I did have all the default settings unchanged since it was my first attempt. It was so ridiculously easy that I was bored to tears. Tried a second game but I haven't played in weeks because the AI doesn't seeem to do much of anything. I am a veteran of the ACW game & there's no comparison. I've also wondered is there something wrong with the AI?