AI Ignores Enemy Beseiging Army, Despite Having ~10x Forces Nearby

[InnocentIII]

As Ireland I watched Scotland ignore a force of ~2000 enemy troops, while two Scottish Armies sat nearby with about 18,000 troops.





Obviously I have not seen the AI ignore me like this, perhaps it has something to do with the nature of the enemy or the distance? In any event, this kind of thing is bound to make a bad impression on players who see it on top of the gameplay troubles. An X-Com shuffle would have defeated them (the southern army had been patrolling quite a bit).

 

[K-vald]

Are you sure it wasn't a vassal fighting another vassal while the Scottish army was not hostile against neither of them? Since vassals have different agendas against each others and have their own armies they tend to fight each other without you, as liege (for example), being able to intervene.

 

[InnocentIII]

Are you sure it wasn't a vassal fighting another vassal while the Scottish army was not hostile against neither of them? Since vassals have different agendas against each others and have their own armies they tend to fight each other without you, as liege (for example), being able to intervene.

I was always a mere observer, patiently waiting iirc for the Scots to be at peace so I could usurp the crown. It is possible that the Scots had a Muslim vassal, though, now that you mention it, but I am 90% sure that I checked and saw that the King of Scotland was fighting the saracens. I was understandably concerned that my once and future enemy had a doomstack.

I might have this in a recent autosave. I don't think I played too far beyond that point (though I'm sure I grabbed the crown when the war ended)(splitting Scotland into distinct duchies was a very pleasant surprise). I'll check when I get home from work access to the correct computer. I don't know that you need the save, but I can verify who was at war with whom.

 

[InnocentIII]

I checked, everyone's at war with the right people. The King of Scotland is fighting Beni Yanis, whose army is besieging one Scottish holding after another. The northern army is led by the Bishop of Scotland's capitol province, the southern one is led by the Scottish King himself, may his humors rot in his living body. Both Scotts armies avoid contact with the much smaller Muslim army which is slowly conquering their country. The Muslims eventually left without making claims in Scotland, because the war was over Barcelona (I had DoWed the crusading Scotts because I'm bad like that).

I have a save if that would help, which is current as of about the second screenshot.

 

[artfox]

Yes please! I would like to take a look at that save.

 

[InnocentIII]

Well, I loaded up the game to check one last time and make sure the armies were who I said they were, and of course twice in a row the Scots headed straight at the enemy. So I'm sorry, I do not have the repeatable error that I thought I had. In my defense, they did sit and sit for ages taking one county and starting on another, and I've seen loading prompt an AI re-evaluation in plenty of other situations. Still, no sense uploading the save if the behavior fixes itself.

Sorry.