4.11 - AI debugging

[Lagarto]

Originally Posted by IceFire

One could argue that this is working as designed... human players online certainly do this and it's not impossible to imagine pilots, caught up in the heat of battle, would also do the very same thing and make the same mistakes.

You and your 'explanations'... Try to think in terms of real, wartime pilots defending their base, tearing through a formation of bombers just to scatter them and make them jettison bombs (that's what they should and would do), not a bunch of online jockeys desperately trying to score points.

[K_Freddie]

Well, think of it this way.

A fighter escort will give an attacker very little chance of a second bomber attack, and this seemed the case over England as well as France/Germany.
The attacking fighter is now faced with another fighter, which he has to destroy in order to carry on. If he lets the escorting fighter get away, it'll be back the next day... so destroy it (and pilot) now, by any means possible. with attrition the fighters, or pilot abilty next time will be lower, then one would be free to hammer the bombers - This I would say is the reality.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Lagarto

You and your 'explanations'... Try to think in terms of real, wartime pilots defending their base, tearing through a formation of bombers just to scatter them and make them jettison bombs (that's what they should and would do), not a bunch of online jockeys desperately trying to score points.

Me and my explanations? Ohhhkay. Not sure where I've offended but, sorry? I'm just asking to think about this and offer an alternative perspective.

Humans are humans no matter what. So online jockeys aren't really all that different from other humans. No fear of death but still the same propensity towards target fixation.

Rather than this being a bug it can be considerd a feature. You're not wrong in asking for some changes to this behavior. Certrainly some pilots would be more disciplined. So, instead of a grand change, how about building in some variability? Rookie pilots could have a higher chance of becoming target fixated and firing on aircraft that are already stricken. Ace pilots would have far less of a chance or no chance at all depending on the programming. Lots of options.