AAR: The Long Journey Home - by spiessbuerger (Royal Prussian Navy)

[spiessbuerger]

Thanks for the report! Well-organized and fun to read.

I'm interested in your thoughts on the AI. Are you thinking of making a different chart to model Interception-type behaviour? Or to tweak the maneuver choices in the existing chart for when the player is far away?

I would guess that the goal for the AI should be to ram/entangle/board the player's ship in this kind of scenario.

I made a different chart only for distant AI-movement (distance more than one ruler lenght). Should be available in the files section soon.
It's a first version and not tested a lot by myself. But in my tests it made much better results than the standard chart.

[spiessbuerger]

played again with same conditions but my new intercepting rules. (see http://sailsofglory.org/downloads.php?do=file&id=98)

turn 4

The intercepting Frigate made a much better course to get me.

turn 6

The enemy Frigate blocks my getaway course. Heavy fire, musketries and boarding follows.

turn 7
no escaping. Can't get off the enemy Frigate. Second boarding. Unlucky for me... too many lost

Results

Players ship Amazone (HMS Sybille)


Enemy Frigate