Since there are already quite a few AI topics, I'm just posting my suggestions/questions in this one. OP, I hope you don't mind.

In any case, here they are:

I would like to see the AI break crates on occasion (primarily when they are out of grenades). I realize this might be difficult to prioritize (in AI terms) without causing all of the soldiers to become crate-crazy rather than fighting, but if a soldier is next to a crate, has no grenades AND there is no immediate threat, it seems like this soldier would try to grab a grenade from the crate.

Driving wise, the AI is getting a lot better. I also know that the developers have suggested that vehicles are primarily intended to be a way to get from A to B faster, not a means of engaging in combat. However, I would love to see some AI soldiers with more of an affinity for staying in vehicles, particularly any with guns (e.g. the APC or possibly upcoming tank). What would REALLY be fun would also be if there were a few rare AI soldiers that had an affinity for using even the jeep as a weapon. Basically you'd see a jeep flying toward your squad or the enemy every once in a while. If and when small objective are added (a CTF would be awesome) I can see these more driver-focused AI soldiers being even more useful/fun.

This one is more of a question than a suggestion, but I'm curious about whether or not there will be AI engineers. I certainly hope so since one of the things I love about this game is that the AI can basically do everything the player can. It would be amazing to see AI engineers setting up guns, sandbags, etc. Would make the battlefield super dynamic. Same goes for if and when medics are added. Having the AI be able to do all of these jobs also allows the player to freely play the type of soldier they prefer (e.g. a machine gunner who doesn't have to worry about setting up sandbags b/c the AI will be doing that).

Lastly, since there is discussion of stealth and AI going on here, I'll add an idea (my apologies if it's already been proposed in some form). What if AI soldiers who are crawling, walking, hidden behind a building, etc. were slightly transparent. The more factors that make them "stealthed" the more transparent they become. For example, it's night, raining (if weather is added), they're prone in a bush, so they are completely or nearly completely transparent. This evens the playing field without having to do weird line of sight stuff that would black out parts of the screen. Just a thought...

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read through my thoughts. I love the game already and am excited to see it progress!

This is definitely coming. Currently the AI always prefers to fight on foot, as they don't have an implementation for actually doing effective combat while on vehicle yet. They sometimes do that anyhow, it happens just because the gunner can aim and shoot and the driver (leader) doesn't want to stay fighting but wants to continue where they were actually heading. The leader stops to fight only if the enemy they encounter is significant, and that's when they jump out from the vehicle.

+1 to this Stealthy strategy, i might say this would be nice if implemented for new AI challenge side and getting AI more aggressive,

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