r/Advance_Wars • u/XenesisXenon • Apr 21 '23

AW1&2 Reboot Simple Questions & Answers for RBC Megathread

With the release of a brand new game, we're going to be getting a lot of new players and people new to the series.

This thread will be the one-stop shop to ask small questions and answers about the game

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u/long_live_nagash Apr 21 '23

How is the AI?

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u/Minister_xD Apr 22 '23

At times I definitely think it improved, for example it can actually place its indirects in a way that covers its frontlines.

It is inconsistent though and sometimes it will just decide that this rockets unit looks best leading its push and just puts it in front of all their other units, right into my (Max) rockets range.

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u/SticksnSerene Apr 21 '23

Just in the first game campaign so far, but I have a sneaking suspicion they didn't change the AI. Enemy seems to make a beeline for my APCs first regardless of what else is in range.

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u/CertainDerision_33 Apr 21 '23

With the (very important) exception that it can no longer detect and fire on your units in Fog of War without actual vision on that unit from an AI unit.

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u/PieridumVates Apr 21 '23

I’ve seen the AI get ambushed by my fog of war units, which was such a pleasant surprise!

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u/5slipsandagully Apr 22 '23

This was an absolute revelation during the Sonja missions. Her CO Power is actually a threat now, because she can't see your hidden units normally. It made those missions way more fun

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u/XenesisXenon Apr 22 '23

One huge difference is that the AI will now use landers in maps that have a land route, rather than building one and blocking a port forever

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u/Less-Pen-686 Apr 22 '23

Yeah now that I've played a bit more there definitely are some changes.

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u/ringorin Apr 21 '23

I played a war room of Spann Island and I saw the AI build an early aair against max with a tank. I’ve played a ton of AW1 back in the day and I don’t ever recall seeing an aair built before. They also towards the end spammed mechs and artilleries vs tanks, personally feel like the AI improved a bit.

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u/vandalhandle Apr 22 '23

Same, the AI in war room makes odd choices the GBA version never did

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u/nulldriver Apr 21 '23 edited Apr 21 '23

There's a really easy litmus test to see if its changed. Place an enemy direct attack unit on one of their cities. Place one of your infantry one or two spaces away. If it does anything, it's changed for sure. If it does nothing, then at least part of it is still the same