I am no bad Commander ! (Arma 3 AI & Command Menu)

[mrsandbox 36]

 

No matter how hard you try to command your own AI, they are just not reliable and not usefull in many situations. I tested easy situations without much complexity again, to see if i just need some training on commanding the AI, but thats not the issue.

When was the command menue overhauled last time? (Overall its still the OFP system!) Supressive Fire command was added, was exited for that, but i never use it since the AI fails on easy things, like taking usefull cover and advancing like a team in urban environment.

I hate when team members die and i wouldnt hate it if i failed as Squad Leader. Lets see, what did i do wrong, learn from the situation. But in 90% of the cases the AI just fails to do easy things.

 

Urban Environment is one huge problem. There are no real commands which make your team stick together, checking corner for corner, throwing smoke, automatic supression of the enemy. They dont work as team together. In urban environment they take different routes, splitting up and one of my squad members is rushing through a different road into the enemys.

 

They dont lean properbly around corners, better rushing around. They do fire on obstacles direct in front of them, even teammates get shot;-(

They should choose a dead corner by themself, facing the direction where a thread is possible. Instead of that you have to assign them to watch a direction (which does not work) they allways look +75 degree of the assigned direction.

 

Commanding the AI is just not intuitive, its hard work. But real soldiers are trained for perfect communication to make sure they work together as a perfect team. I cant feel that when im part of a squad or the commander of it.

 

I just think that the whole command menue really needs some love and its time to include some new routines. AI is for example still taking cover behind roadsigns !?!

Infantry combat is the core of the game and the Infantry AI and command menu is just receiving some new fixes from time to time. 

 

This is no rent thread, but i want to have some more control over my team and the battles i fight, without failing because of mistakes the AI does so often.

Its sad to see (even with all the great updates, fixes and new content) how the AI which is core of a game is left behind so much.

 

 

[drdetroit 77]

I find the AI pretty good if you don't over do it with commands. They react fairly well on their own, aside from supressive fire.  Actually, one of the best AI I've seen in any game.  Not to say they are without issues, but I really don't have a lot of problems with them.  If you're in a forest or area with cover, they will use it well most of the time.  Even when advancing on a position in a line formation, if you stop, each AI will typically stop behind cover...not always where in the open when rock walls are, but usually they take advantage of cover, especially in forest areas.  

 

I will typically put them in file or diamond formation when in urban settings, which keeps them close and offering cover fire for the point man (me).  When outside of urban environments (fields, forests, ect) they are in a line formation most of the time for clearer FOV for each and ability to make use of their own cover.  Also I keep them in "aware" posture, not combat, as they tend to be more disciplined with the formations and commands you give.

 

Anyhow, that's my experience and how I see it.  

 

Good day,

DrDetroit