if you blindly send your casters into combat without knowing what you're fighting, and plannig ahead for it by setting custom script, then its your fault that they didn't cast banishment or whatever would have been better. That's the purpose of scripts: to react in a strategic way to what you're facing. But don't complain that you don't have access to dynamic AI, cos you do: just get rid of your scripts.
Its a question of micromanaging your casters so they always do the right thing for the right opponents (if you didn't know that you where facing an army of undead, your combat scripts are the least of your problems), or putting your faith in the combat AI to chose the right spells and forgetting about strategic combat spells.
Maybe the third option is for Dom3 to have the option to SAVE scripts. That way you could load different scripts prior to entering a battle/war without having to redo them individually each time for each caster (which can be very tedious)
Edit: I think it's quite funny that the AI actually "corrects" your scripts dynamically during battle to stop your casters from doing really stupid things (like casting a spell that is already in effect, or that simply wouldn't have any effect, or that would have too big an effect and would simply waste gems). This same dynamic AI also decides for you when to use gems to bring down your fatigue and keep you conscious when your scripts where a bit too much for the caster's level. All-in-all, I think the AI is alot smarter then most players. But its a bit much when you expect it to override your "strategic" orders when it thinks your combat strategy stinks against a particular opponent. Next thing you'll be asking for the AI to write you strategy guides as well.
[ August 02, 2004, 05:50: Message edited by: Alexi ]