Naval Tactics???

[eric_A]

Is the AI as utterly incompentent as it was in Civ 3?

Does it still send out only 1 transport at a time escorted by 3 or
4 warships instead of trying to mass a fleet and overwhelm you
with large numbers on an invasion?

Does it still allways build only battleships, when it needs to build subs
and destroyers?

 

[APushkin]

In one of my games AI tried to invade me with decently defended group of 2 transports. Not that it got through... but it was a close call. This taught me to have a patrol of subs all around my island so that I can see invasions and send in bombers and ships to destroy them before they hit land.

Another dirty trick that AI pulled on me was building a well defended city on 3 tile island near the north pole and sending bombers from there to go after my resources. Since my main army was commited elsewhere I had to double-nuke it to recapture it with one transportfull of troops and stop the raids.

BTW did anyone notice AI using airlift?