An AI Surprise!!

Theseus · January 20, 2003, 23:19

This made my jaw drop...

AU 203, and I'm in a late industrial battle-slog. I'm Germany, getting close to Motor Trans, the light blue is my current buddy China who seems close to the modern age, Persia is the big dog with at least Synth Fibers, and Babylon is probably the tech leader having completed SETI.

AND THIS COMES OUTTA THE BLUE...

First off, an AI heli-drop (never done it, never seen it).

Second, look at my visitor!!

alva · January 20, 2003, 23:24

First off, an AI heli-drop (never done it, never seen it).

Saw my first helicopter yesterday too

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I guess it's time to cut your losses and sue for peace

nbarclay · January 20, 2003, 23:33

I'm not quite sure what the point is with just one of them, especially if your defenders are more than one deep. For that matter, is there some reason they had to heli-drop the tank instead of sending it along their railroad network?

vovan · January 20, 2003, 23:36

Originally posted by nbarclay
For that matter, is there some reason they had to heli-drop the tank instead of sending it along their railroad network?

The funny thing is that the unit being dropped is not the tank. It's the bowman to the west of New Munich.

aaglo · January 21, 2003, 01:58

That bowman is dark-blue, which would make it a german unit??

nbarclay · January 21, 2003, 02:56

Originally posted by aaglo
That bowman is dark-blue, which would make it a german unit??

Bowmen (as distinct from archers) are always Babylonian, and that's Babylonian Blue, which is a bit darker than the German Blue of Theseus's units. The diference was enough for me to notice that something looked odd the first time I looked at the picture, but not enough for me to catch what it was.

aaglo · January 21, 2003, 03:07

Ok

BTW, what is that thing above the bowman? Some PTW-stuff (no, it's not available here yet

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Major Guz · January 21, 2003, 03:20

I think it is the helicopter (chinook model with two rotors) which dropped the bowman.

aaglo · January 21, 2003, 03:52

Damn!

The specialist are correct afterall. Masturbation DOES undermine vision...

Jamski · January 21, 2003, 05:16

So that's what a helicopter looks like.

I'd say you were in DEEP trouble now Theseus

-jam

Dr. A. Cula · January 21, 2003, 05:59

Yes, that is a suprise indeed. I've never seen the AI build helicopters in my games and I only built them on very few occasions. I experimented a little with dropping Infantry at first, but for this tactic to be effective, you need a lot of helicopters. By the time I build them, I have Paratroopers and (at least) Tanks, so they are all but obsolete.

alva · January 21, 2003, 06:05

The AI overuses them in PTW, The one I saw dropped a unit from his territory into mine, sounds ok right.
Except we had ROP signed and had both roads and RR.

. He's now dropping a marines every turn.

statusperfect · January 21, 2003, 18:08

Originally posted by alva
The AI overuses them in PTW, The one I saw dropped a unit from his territory into mine, sounds ok right.
Except we had ROP signed and had both roads and RR.

. He's now dropping a marines every turn.

It's kinda cute.

Thoth · January 21, 2003, 18:32

Theseus: I hope your AAR details how you dealt with this dangerous threat.

Theseus · January 21, 2003, 21:12

Actually, it's even more dumb than anybody guessed... we are all at war with Persia, which is to the far east of the continent. A bizarre move; the Bowman, which was followed by a Guerilla, is just camping out.

Maybe Hammy is looking for a GA??!!

PrinceBimz · January 23, 2003, 10:48

Theseus what are those luxuries below munich? I don't remember seeing them before, it must be something new in PtW?

Jaybe · January 23, 2003, 13:11

PrinceBimz, haven't you ever seen gems before?

Well, I THINK thery are gems ... or is that gems near the top?
It's from a graphic pack of some sort.

Theseus · January 23, 2003, 22:16

I love these resource graphics... yup, gems.

BTW, the helicopter graphic was very cool. I know I tried them out like a year ago, but I had forgotten.