End of attack Artificial intelligence. Need an update.

My thoughts are as follows. If an attacker is good enough to destroy every defensive building, the troops shoukd be smart enough to split up and target multiple buildings during the clean up phase. Too many times even if I deploy clean up troops on separate targets, they end up grouping together, targeting one building at a time and I run out of time to get the three star. I don't believe this would make the game to easy.I think an AI adjustment would be a reward for more advanced players. These are my thoughts, what are yours ?

Reward more advanced players?

Advanced players split their cleanup troops so they don't bunch up and waste time.

Gotta point there lad.:smirk:

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Originally Posted by daz258

Reward more advanced players?

Advanced players split their cleanup troops so they don't bunch up and waste time.

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If you actually read my post you'd understand that I already take care to divvy up clean up troops in an effort to keep them separated. I intentionally target buildings with spread out troops to keep them from bunching. The problem with the AI is that after the first target of each troop is eliminated they still bunch up even if it means avoiding the nearest most logical next target.

Sounds like a terrible idea. Troops could take a long way to get to other buildings instead of the quickest and closest route to the nearest. The AI would be unpredictable with troops going anywhere. Advanced players know how to spread troops to clean up. Pack a few goblins, minions for clean up...

How dense are you people? The problem is that even when I drop clean up troops individually or in small groups, they bunch up and avoid the nearest target. Whether it's archers, loons, wizzes, minions, or extra hogs. What happens is they destroy the targets I dropped them on, and avoid the nearest target for the sake of attacking next to identical troops. Have you not read that I split up my troops? Have you not read that I disperse them away from each other to keep them from bunching, after all defensive buildings are gone? The current AI is faltering, and causing too many troops to avoid the nearest target for the sake of bunching. I can't believe you people don't have anything better to do than put me down without attempting to actually understand what's going on.

We read it, and clearly think you aren't doing a good enough job of separating them or holding a few back to cleanup.

I'm having no problems with my cleanup troops.

I don't think you guys are being fair. I do tons of research, I'm definitely above average player though I'm certain you guys are more experienced and knowledgeable than me. This issue is something I bring up because it's a recent issue. In the past I would have shared your opinion of these thoughts, but troops have been quite buggy the last month and not behaving as they should. Is it hard to believe that if you guys don't have this problem, it could just be behaving incorrectly during my gameplay? I'm not stupid,I've played RTS's and RPGs and war games for the last 12 years.

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Originally Posted by SuperJosh

How dense are you people? The problem is that even when I drop clean up troops individually or in small groups, they bunch up and avoid the nearest target. Whether it's archers, loons, wizzes, minions, or extra hogs. What happens is they destroy the targets I dropped them on, and avoid the nearest target for the sake of attacking next to identical troops. Have you not read that I split up my troops? Have you not read that I disperse them away from each other to keep them from bunching, after all defensive buildings are gone? The current AI is faltering, and causing too many troops to avoid the nearest target for the sake of bunching. I can't believe you people don't have anything better to do than put me down without attempting to actually understand what's going on.

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So you call other people "dense" and think they intentionally put you down because they disagree with you? No, they both did have a point. Tweaking AI that way will reward more advanced players. If you know how to split your troops properly, you surely would know enough to keep 1-2 in the bag for clean ups after all defenses are gone. If you deploy your clean up properly from different places, they wouldn't bunch up, so I don't see the point why the AI should be tweaked to serve people who think they know how to split troops but actually don't. It only cause unpredictable behaviors unnecessarily.

Btw, if you can't take criticism or different opinions, better not post anything at all because people are going to disagree with you.

Here's a hypothetical situation. If i have 10 barbs for 10 buildings, it will take the same amount of time for 10 barbs to go through the 10 buildings one by one as 1 barb on each of the individual buildings. The issue is if walls get in the way or they aren't deployed in a reasonable way and clump and get taken out by a big bomb. it might be an issue for leftover troops in the core that clump together but i've never had much of a problem with side or backside cleanup troops. Just have to plan the backside and flanks as much as you plan the frontside.