How AI squad currently act and how improve it

In this day i let different solo costum game running for watch how bot squad act withaut human player jumping left and right and i noted something interesting

As far i see all bot squad have an enginer inside but only the bot who have the enginer squad build rally/ammobox the other simply keep rushing the objective and only bot with the radio squad call artillery, i think is ok for avoid mass artillery spam

And i think to know why, it seems that the AI decide what a squad have do in base of the soldier they control and because of this:

AI controlled rifleman,assaulter,at gunner,Machinegunner,flamethrowers:

  • attack the cap and try to conquer it
  • in base of the gun on the controlled soldier the squad act like this:
    _rush in the cap for kill the enemy (automatic gun,flamethrowers)
    _camp near it and go inside wen is allied controlled (semi-auto,SF,BA)
  • AI at gunner soldier is able to use AT launcher only wen primary ammo are empty and usually try to kill tank with explosive pack (even other AI soldier do this but AT gunner AI do it more often)
  • often AI soldier trow molotovs instead of granade

AI controlled sniper

  • attack the cap from medium distance but avoid enter it

AI controlled radio-operator

  • use artillery if is ready otherwise act like rifleman squad never call different support than the basic artillery

AI controlled enginer

  • If there is no danger between 70m-50m from the cap point and the AI still control the enginer it build a rallypoint and ammobox, AI seems build only 2 rallypoint and 3 ammobox for every cap point

I think AI is able to play well and decentely mimic a human player but it need improvement on the battle awareness

  • AI radio-operator need learn how call smoke artillery
  • AI need build rallypoint if there are none even if they are not using an enginer squad or have an enginer as controlled soldier
  • AI with automatic gun and flamethrowers need stop rushing in the cap like duck and camp a bit outiside for kill some enemy
  • AI outiside the cap need learn how trow granade and stop trowing molotovs in open field
  • sniper AI need learn how spot
  • enginer AI need learn some place were build rally they still build them in the middle of the road same for the ammobox
  • AT gunner AI need learn how use AT launcher even if they have still ammo in the main gun
  • AI in case of no mark should focus on look at the CAP and not at squad spawn or the sky

I hope is not to hard to read

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you will just make humans angry for AI taking their opportunity to get arty

there needs to be couple of default rally points where AI can build them

overall buffing AI would be good for game, but i am afraid that lots of player will be outplayed by AI. even now some console players play worse than bots.

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i already get angry when a dude kills me with indirect fire, now you want ai to do the same? lol, i agree with most of these though, hope DF listens

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look ok don’t make her too good I don’t want terminators either but the right degree of challenge is also needed, if the artificial intelligence is able to take advantage of different mechanics like the player it is right that he does it in the best possible way

  • use at luncher as intented
  • build structure in safe place
  • use artillery in the right spot
  • learn how spot
  • learn how use all their equipment outiside the main gun
    Ecc…

It already do it, you missed the bot can call artillery and do supressive fire if you mark a zone with V

well bots should be made rather rare post merge if their MM actually works, so it will not matter either way.

In a perfect world…

I’ve seen my fair share of PC players that are just as bad. It’s not just console.

there are also bad pc players, just that i usually think they are bots cause i dont check if they are bots or not. console players are easy to spot.

enviromental awareness and cover mechanich like cod2 or bf 2 bots. old games were the golden age of ai in games man :smiling_face_with_tear:

Console players are WAY better than PC. I feel like PC players cheat (never miss shots and can see you from every angle). Ive had better matches with console only

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While console players have aim assists…

Console players get aim assists, while PC players have access to much finer aim control and more buttons to bind to.

Each have their advantages, but PC definitely outweighs console from a technical standpoint.

This is subjective. I myself play on Xbox, and have seen very good players and very bad players on both console and PC.

Contrary to popular belief, it happens on console too. As far as if it occurs on PC more? Probably, as its much easier to there.

Though as I stated before, on the technical aspect, PC players have much more fine aim control than console does, and definitely easier recoil control.

You can use keyboard and mouse on console as well iirc.