Suggestion: Help this unit

[hartz]

The AI is very clever, but when the enemy comes close enough to engage only one unit, my other units sits around not helping.

This is terrible for units with a short fire range. An enemy unit with a long range will sit far away, killing off an entire squad of flamers slowly one at a time, and they just sit there. At the very least the attacked unit should move in close enough to return fire! Ideally it should also alert other (nearby or in the same group?) units to assist it, or run away a little, or something. But just sitting there while an enemy unit is shooting at it is ridiculous (unless it was instructed to not move)

So the suggestion is that nearby units should automatically go help a unit which is being fired on, or the unit should run away a few paces.

[Iluvalar]

I dont support that idea. The AI is favoring friends targets already. It might look like a good idea but it would be abused by clever players.

A - "Oh look B ! a single machine gunners to the left. easy target"
B - "Oh I see it A ! Let's all go against him ! Onward Squadron !"
---Meanwhile the enemy units enter the base by the right...

A - "Oh look B ! a single machine gunners to the left. easy target"
B - "Oh I see it A ! Let's all go against him ! Onward Squadron !"
---Your whole army run into a bunch of tracked flamers positionned there.

[hartz]

It can be called abuse or it can be called a tactic.

The response to this would be that some units would pursue enemies, and/or move in to support a single unit attacking one of our units, while other units should be set to hold position no matter what.

At the very least, a unit which is set to return fire should move in when it is being fired on (or run away). Being hit should reveal that there is an enemy unit even if they are out of range.

[Sir Willis VvS]

Make it an option in the unit commands for them to persue or retreat when under fire.

[lav_coyote25]

Make it an option in the unit commands for them to persue or retreat when under fire.

i do belive... yes there is such a thing... to retreat at medium damage or heavy damage - or to go all out in a suicidal type kill or be killed persue till your units die... yes ...thats all there...

[Sir Willis VvS]

yh but they bt always stick to that and they never pursue very far i would like a hunt command.

[lav_coyote25]

yh but they bt always stick to that and they never pursue very far i would like a hunt command.

well, there is ... if used properly... is called patrol... i use it to great effect...