And the friendly AI doesn't seem to have got quite the same upgrade. It still doesn't handle chokepoints well, though. It will also try and avoid large groups of enemies, preferring to capture the other half of the map, mortar them, or other long-ranged death tactics.Depending on the map, the Normal opponent can be challenging on occasion. Going for fast armour? Expect AT guns to be ready and waiting. Going for pioneer spam? Expect to see snipers and. It could always "see" all the units on the map, but it now knows to build counters to what it can see. Particularly, if your team isn't taking different paths down the ability tree. Except fuel, they're still limited to what they can get there.The resource income bonuses are:Expert= 1.85x mp, 1.85x mun, 1.0x fuelHard= 1.5x mp, 1.5x mun, 1.0x fuelNormal= 1.25x mp, 1.0x mun, 1.0x fuelBut yes, the actual AI part has been improved as well. But they have increased things a bit - Normal used to be 1.0x across the board. The higher levels always got free resources. Almost impossible to find anyone playing those. A shame they didn't bother to code AIs for the non-coop new game modes in Valor though. Early harassment I think is the key to keep the AI from gaining too quickly on you, since if you turtle the AI will just pour all over the map and have such an advantage in number you'll never break out.Tricks like building lots of dragon's teeth and wires still work, but the AI just loves artillery and will also fix bridges more aggressively.Anyway if you haven't compstomped lately I think you may be pleasantly surprised. On an open map where it's hard to have strong defense coverage even if you get an early lead in resources sooner or later the AI overwhelms you by infiltrating behind your lines and repeated massed attacks on your front. You just can't out-micro the AI, who's quick to 'nade your infantry and when there're multiple AIs, even quicker to concentrate forces to try to overrun you.
Tales of Valor was kind of a ripoff and disappointment to me, though a great value for those who've never played the game, but is it me or has the 2.600 AI been given steroids? I'm now finding it a challenge just to beat hard AI, not even expert, and this is with 2 friends doing full-on compstomp.The AI seems much better at using combined arms and expanding aggressively.
0 kommentar(er)
