I always get mixed up about this, but the AI is closely related to the points (It's so automatic, I don't pay attention to it anymore.) I allocate, % of or what I set it at, whichever, I make sure the AI has enough so that I have enough to start out with at least four to six top tier tanks with resupply (RW) and build from there.
When I first played this game, I didn't use it. I always played the AI "Hard" and found it challenging to a degree. I feel strongly the AI set to "Hard", Tank Heavy and with enough spend points, is a
much better opponent.
Currently only a couple of turns into the 1st battle of a long campaign (Meeting Engagement) and lost a
LEOPARD not to the tanks I can see but to at least three ATGW teams I know are there and I suspect a 4th I haven't located yet. Currently I'm matched tank for tank (Again that I can see.) and have been mortar attacked at a couple of positions. I know the infantry is out there and it'll normally out number me but, not by a big margin. And this is just "one of those things" I've seen the AI do, normally I like to buy a couple of AA type units as part of my core. When I do normally at some point in the battle (Midway+) I'll be attacked. This time I didn't and was that a mistake, as soon it could at the beginning of the battle, what happens? Two planes attack and I'm down for now, two ammo carriers which the AI loves to get rid of when it can.
It can be a little better, but , given the opportunity as described above, you'll fight a well balanced opponent.
And if it didn't play the way it does and with the "
tweaks" that it continues to get over the years, I would've stopped playing this game years ago.
Regards,
Pat
