Puzzled and Concerned re AI behaviour

pcelt · 03-10-10, 08:26 AM

I have been undertaking the campaign mission to attack coastal shipping on E. coast of Britain.(Difficulty level between medium and low)
I encountered many destroyers but never moved into visual or sensor range of any of these.
What concerns me re the acceptability of the enemy AI is that one destroyer also without ever moving into any visual ,hydrophone or sonar range of the U-boat , from then on shadowed at distance my every course change. I purposely checked on my suspicions by moving directly from East to West and North to South etc and this destroyer precisely and immediately reflected every course change I made and shadowed me for as long as I sailed in that direction--but always well beyond any visual or sensor range of the DD.
This behavior certainly was not based on any contact of my presence nor could such a long series of reflections of very unusual navigational changes by me possibly be coincidence or chance.
It really shook my sense of immersiveness and took my sense of belief in the AI validity away and I left the game to check whether anyone else has noticed such strange and indeed suspicious AI destroyer behaviour.
I really hope there is a convincing explanation for such AI because at the moment I feel very unhappy with what I have observed and am lacking motivation to carry on with the campaign.
Thanks for any comments and insights.

03-10-10, 08:26 AM	#1
pcelt Gunner Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Brighton ,England Posts: 96 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Puzzled and Concerned re AI behaviour I have been undertaking the campaign mission to attack coastal shipping on E. coast of Britain.(Difficulty level between medium and low) I encountered many destroyers but never moved into visual or sensor range of any of these. What concerns me re the acceptability of the enemy AI is that one destroyer also without ever moving into any visual ,hydrophone or sonar range of the U-boat , from then on shadowed at distance my every course change. I purposely checked on my suspicions by moving directly from East to West and North to South etc and this destroyer precisely and immediately reflected every course change I made and shadowed me for as long as I sailed in that direction--but always well beyond any visual or sensor range of the DD. This behavior certainly was not based on any contact of my presence nor could such a long series of reflections of very unusual navigational changes by me possibly be coincidence or chance. It really shook my sense of immersiveness and took my sense of belief in the AI validity away and I left the game to check whether anyone else has noticed such strange and indeed suspicious AI destroyer behaviour. I really hope there is a convincing explanation for such AI because at the moment I feel very unhappy with what I have observed and am lacking motivation to carry on with the campaign. Thanks for any comments and insights.