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Armor AI Rules of Thumb


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Argh! I just lost a Pzkw IIIJ in a firefight with 3 T-34s! I was trying to use a hill as cover (to avoid the tanks) but slightly overshot the ridge. My tank had smoke cannisters, or it could have backed up 2 meters, but instead it engaged 3 superior tanks at a range of about 1000 meters.

I assumed my tank would assess the odds and back out of danger, but no.

So my question is, are there some rules of thumb out there to gauge how a tank will respond? What constitutes "bad odds?" Infantry seems to act much more predictably. But armor keeps finding ways to surprise me...unpleasantly.

Lurk

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It only backs up when it doesn't make sense, e.g. when an ISU-122 has a shot ready on a Panzer IV facing elsewhere. Or when a bunch of fast tanks would have to face a field fast to survive and decide to stop and retreat instead.

The AI is much too simple to do anything decent. Before SOPs are introduced you should expect the unexpected.

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