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Old October 30th, 2008, 11:19 AM
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Default Re: When Does the AI Give Up???

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I think when you have all victory hexes and killed the HQ unit and/or routed or eliminated at least 5% of enemy units.
I could be wrong
The battle was a delay, so I had all the victory hexes at the start. As for the enemy HQ unit, since it was a delay all I had to do was hold out. Running out and hunting for the HQ unit wasn't really an practical option. I've learned not to run into a wall of burning vehicles and smoke as there may be some pinned, but otherwise very alive infantry units in there.

The AI does get a small wave of reinforcements during the course of a battle and it won't end until those show up and get killed. Shortly after I started the thread, I saw the reinforcements moving across the map. They didn't last long and the battle ended after I destroyed them. The AI ended up with 147 dead "tanks", but that included armored cars. I think my battalion was hit by a full regiment.
AI reinforcements are not guaranteed. Its just a method of holding back some troops in reserve for it. (e.g helo mounted assault troops in MBT).

But the reinforcements will be considered in the "force broken" calculations totals. Once they arrive on map if the AI is utterly broken then the game will be ended even with these few fresh guys sitting in OK status near the base line. If the AI rout status is borderline, then it will fight on until that changes.

Andy
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