Blah Blah Blah Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 After playing the yanks it downed on me that the AI in the Line of Defence are not using the artillery except when they could see the men in the wheat field. I do not remember the American AI using it Has anyone else seen this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil stanbridge Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Does the AI have to use arty is maybe what the question should be. I've played that scenario a few times now from both sides and both times I've seen arty used, admittedly more for smoke than for HE. Also, if you catch the spotter early on and keep him pinned or killed then they're not gonna be using it anyway.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 The American AI definetly used arty when I played Axis. Unfortunately for them, it landed off the map by some distance on the right. Quite amusing to watch all the 81mm blow up absolutley nothing, not even terrain. Cheers Ed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 The Axis AI sure used it on me. They caught a few of my units crossing some rough terrain. Fortunately didn't do too much damage before I blew down the building the spotter was in and put an end to that. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerxes Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 The AI arty use is spotty, sometimes it's awful, sometimes surprisingly good. In one LOD battle the axis/ai arty managed to bombard a platoon of tanks and then unload on an infantry group in the woods. Rather excellent arty use. If you like playing against the ai you shouldn't try and figure out the ai arty usage rules. It's quite possible to sucker the ai into using it's arty incorrectly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 As the Germans, the AI used all it's arty on the wheat field furthest away. Luckily, AFTER all my men had crossed it. As the Allies, it used all it's 81mm for smoke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKibler Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Originally posted by Boo Radley: ...As the Allies, it used all it's 81mm for smoke. Is this suggesting it should be used for sumpin' other than smoke? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blah Blah Blah Posted December 4, 2003 Author Share Posted December 4, 2003 Tonight I got to eat my words regarding the AI's use of the 81mm artillery. Had the usual suspects down the German left hand side, as well as having the 20mm at the end of the road with the 2 MG34 HMG's and on both sides. They were having a ball carving the enemy up paper thin when with a great deal of pricision the American artillery come raining down. Quite a disruption to the fun. However, not much was done in the way of damage. Which I will note was the same feeling I got when I used it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 From off-map, 81mm is not very destructive. It spreads the shells over too wide an area to effectively attack point targets with any consistency. It's great against large formations in motion, especially in trees; it rips their morale and makes them go to ground or run for it, but not too swift against dug in defenders who can simply hunker down and wait for it to pass. On-map 81mm with a proper spotter on the other hand is deadly against dug in troops. I suspect the best use of the 81mm FO in LoD is to drop smoke at critical moments to mask the movement of your infantry or armor across open areas. Watch him carefully though and don't let him shoot more than a turn's worth at a time. More than that is just a waste and you may need him more than once. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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