Paratrooper massacre - the horror, THE HORROR

[Venger]

Greets...

Idiot Koreans decide to tangle with the big dog. Anyways, the attack my vassal Mongolia with paratroopers. Like, I dunno, 50. I get message after message mid-turn about a Korean paratrooper being shot down. Constantly. And when it's my turn, I get the unit in the attached screenshot.

Yes, it now has 155 experience points after one round of combat. So many in fact I can spend them all.

Something is DEFINITELY wrong.

 

[Roland Johansen]

If you still have the savegame of the turn before the Korean massacre, then it would probably be useful to fix this AI-bug.

 

[sagji]

I reckon that if the fighter gor that much XP from stopping parratroupers then there is something else wrong - the amount of xp per parratrouper stopped is to high for the risk.

 

[SewerStarFish]

There should at least be collateral damage to your city from all the paratrooper bodies thwaking the ground.

 

[Venger]

There are several things wrong - the AI shouldn't waste 50 units to no good end, one fighter unit shouldn't be able to stop 50 paratroopers, and frankly, should the AI even HAVE 50 paratroopers? SoD suck. 12 unit stack maximum, double in a city, that is IT.

 

[KrikkitTwo]

Well a list of the problems

1. Xp from killing Paratroopers in midair (as far as I know they can't shoot back)

2. The AI didn't get air superiority before using paratroopers

So one is an XML/Python fix (wherever 'Intercept Paratroopers' +'xp' are)
The other is an AI issue.

 

[Venger]

I don't think there's a problem really with giving XP for defeating paratroopers, honestly. They are doing their job there after all.

Venger

 

[KrikkitTwo]

Anytime you have no ( Zero, not 0.0001) chance of dying you shouldn't get xp... its as simple as that. (the reason Air units didn't get xp in the past.)

 

[jgbaxter]

The ai values paratroopers too much over other units. It seems when they get the tech they build paratroopers almost entirely.

As for the comments on xp, tough suck it up.

"I'm a bomber crew and it's day 1 of the Viet Nam police action, 1 I'm as experienced now as I was before I the war."

"hyuk hyuk ima da red baron hyuk hyuk and I can't shoot people down better then that guy in the other plane that started flying yesterday hyuk hyuk"

Anyway.

 

[SewerStarFish]

I don't think there's a problem really with giving XP for defeating paratroopers, honestly. They are doing their job there after all.

Venger

There's no problem IF there's a chance of Paratroopers causing damage to intereceptors or at least surviving. Otherwise there should be XP for capturing workers.

 

[Cabay Jet]

It sounds to me that it's time to bump it up to immortal, especially since you've got 11 tanks in one city and you're miles ahead of everyone else in the tech race.

 

[Venger]

Oh, no no no... my units are protecting my vassal. See that stack of Koreans in the bottom middle? 60+ units, 25 tanks, 25 Marines, mix and match of other stuff... not a stray dog for 10 miles of that stack...

Venger

 

[Cabay Jet]

Uh oh...

 

[SewerStarFish]

Oh, no no no... my units are protecting my vassal. See that stack of Koreans in the bottom middle? 60+ units, 25 tanks, 25 Marines, mix and match of other stuff... not a stray dog for 10 miles of that stack...

Venger

Even the dogs fear that plane.