AI Allies useless

[brato]

I was just going to retake Fort L'eau bleu, when Pierre showed up with some Ernie Rangers to help me.

They just sauntered right through the main gate and got themselves killed within 2 turns, while ruining my stealthy approach completely.

I wish we could ask Allies to stick close, or to watch the flanks, or at least wait til combat starts.

[sandman25dcsss]

They killed 2 elite commandos in my game. I did help them by throwing a grenade from grenade launcher to remove cover.

But basically yes, I prefer to fight without allies in manual mode, allies are great in autofight mode only.

Edited August 13, 2023 by sandman25dcsss

[Beak]

Waiting for a mod that lets us take control of them 🙂

[brato]

1 hour ago, Beak said:

Waiting for a mod that lets us take control of them 🙂

All we can do for now, i guess. The beast got herself killed as well.

[Biff]

Something like the Extended Ear upgrade from JA2 1.13 would be perfect. It allows you to easily speak to and command militia from around the map. The top options are grayed out if the individual militia is out of your line of sight. Simply telling all your militia to GET DOWN between turns makes a huge difference. You can even use it to position militia before a battle, though I guess that wont work in JA3.