AI strange escort behaviour

PL_Harpoon · 06-30-17, 06:34 AM

I just noticed something strange while playing through several amphibious strike missions.

Usually, if you fire a torpedo at a convoy outside their detection range they will turn and run as soon as they detect a torpedo. This is fine.

What's not fine is that after then get out of danger zone the escort ships seem to just turn around and converge on the datum at whatever speed they are (often at flank speed). This renders them totally blind so you can just stay in one place and pick them off one by one as they come close.

Instead I think they should first fire a snapshot torpedo and then converge as slowly as possible (or at least using sprint and drift) zig-zaging on the way.
Also, if there is a helicopter it should be send there ASAP. perhaps using dipping sonar in both active and passive mode.

So far I had problems with helicopter only if they were by accident close enough to hear my launch transient.

06-30-17, 06:34 AM	#1
PL_Harpoon Engineer Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 210 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 4	AI strange escort behaviour I just noticed something strange while playing through several amphibious strike missions. Usually, if you fire a torpedo at a convoy outside their detection range they will turn and run as soon as they detect a torpedo. This is fine. What's not fine is that after then get out of danger zone the escort ships seem to just turn around and converge on the datum at whatever speed they are (often at flank speed). This renders them totally blind so you can just stay in one place and pick them off one by one as they come close. Instead I think they should first fire a snapshot torpedo and then converge as slowly as possible (or at least using sprint and drift) zig-zaging on the way. Also, if there is a helicopter it should be send there ASAP. perhaps using dipping sonar in both active and passive mode. So far I had problems with helicopter only if they were by accident close enough to hear my launch transient.