[thejeff]

Freely granted that this issue is fairly trivial and quite probably not worth fixing, even without worrying about unintended consequences.

I was reacting far more to the statements that:
If it is something a player is allowed to do, then it is valid for the AI to do it as well and is not a bug.

and

It works completely by the rules of the mechanics of the game as they are supposed to work. If scripted to attack, then it will attack. Therefore it is NOT a bug.


Both of which seem to not allow for the possibility of bugs in the AI logic as long as that logic doesn't permit impossible orders.

In focusing on those responses, not the original situation, I was also ignoring the possibility that attacking was at least a reasonable option despite the results as AoE suggested. That makes it even less likely to be an issue.