Brain-dead TacAI?

I am long time CMx1 player and after buying CMBN a few months ago have finally sat down to start to play. I am still struggling to get used to the camera controls, how to track units, etc., and will presumably get used to that, but some of the targeting issues with the TacAI I'm not sure will grow on me... I've just finished a turn in WEGO mode in which I had two Pumas overwatching a particular field of fire, one with a covered arc, one without. An M-8 zipped into the field of fire, stoppe

The spotting bonus is only within the colored area of the arc. Outside of that there's no bonus. And remember there's a difference between spotting and engaging. Cover Arcs only limit engagements, not spotting. If something would be spotted without a Cover Arc it should be spotted with one. Again, engagement is a different thing. A lot of TacAI, or AI for that matter, behavior is criticized by players because they wish to have their God perspective be the benchmark for what should or sho