Defensive Fire (lack of) - Sigh...

[jonnymacbrown]

Why can't the game engine be programmed to fire on attackers just like I would if using MDF?

There are lot of reasons and I won't go into them here.

Well gee why not tell us a few? Not trying to be antagonistic, just wondering. jonny :conf:

The current non-phased mode opportunity fire is actually trying to be intelligent: it does NOT shoot at everything despite the exaggerations. Naturally it is hit or miss, but it is usually pretty good about saving a shot.

Yes This is correct. It's not all bad and often makes good decisions.


As a matter of fact, arguably the game is more mobile with the current behavior because if the AI's behavior was such that it refrained from firing field guns/MGs until the enemy was point blank, then I seriously doubt there would be any forward progress at all in the places were the units are located.

In F 14 this is very true. It all evens out. And it works. ;)