Slitherine

I find it odd that in BA there is a high probability that retreating ie panicked units would 'retreat' towards to the enemy and or into exposed locations. Clearly the 'computer' reaction of units is heuristic ie rule based, and often 'retreat' ie backwards away from the enemy maybe difficult to calculate given a free flowing front line. But, units 'retreating' towards the enemy happens too often.

Historically, units (depending on the enemy and or the war year) did, to some extent, retreat towards the enemy in order to surrender - certainly true of Russian units in the early years of Barbarossa, and Axis units in 1945 (depending on the unit) but again, in BA this is not a sustainable argument.

Certainly, local military dictats (as opposed to political dictats) were/are 'to retreat and regroup', be repaired, be absorbed into other units etc.

I am aware that BA is not configured at a granular level, but is this tendancy to retreat towards the enemy a bug?

Leci

IIRC the logic attempts to find a better tile (e.g. cover) and if it cannot then it moves randomly. It would probably be better looking to have them attempt to move away from the enemy I agree.

Cheers

Pip

Thanks for your reply Pip as you guys are clearly busy.

Often the unit does not seek or end up in a better cover position, in fact the reverse. Of course certain units cannot enter certain terrain, but based on empirical evidence, units often ie >50% of the time will go forward towards the enemy although other pathways are available.

Leci

Can you give an example of this - I've not seen it that I remember. Send a screenshots after the retreat move so we can fully understand what you mean.

You don't mean a suppressed unit that moves forwards do you? That can happen especially in a multiplayer game.

I am only referring to 'retreating' units. I will try to get a screenshot.

Leci