1.21 bug: priority mistake in battle

[durin]

Hello!

There was strange behavior of three mighty Russian BB's in battle against English fleet (1 BB, 2 old B's and 1 CA). At first, my BB's fired at CA (!), then at B's and only then - at largest and most dangerous enemy ship, huge BB with 16-inch guns (all the time all enemy ships were in guns range). Result was sad - two of three powerful BB were sunk, one damaged, enemy flagship escaped.

I think it was very stupid - time after time shoot at 20-years old ironclads, while 37000-ton monster near them calmly killing you

Is it possible to somehow change such selection of targets?

Thanks for this perfect game

[Fredrik W]

AI targeting is first at division level, then at ship level. The AI will tend to prioritize formations over single ships when targeting. Sometimes, when the enemy has a single BB and a B squadron, that might be suboptimal, but if the BB is closer, they should eventually target that.

[durin]

>> Sometimes, when the enemy has a single BB and a B squadron, that might be suboptimal

In my case that looked really wild and unrealistic. Can be fixed in 1.22? Rare situation, of course, but not impossible.


>> but if the BB is closer

I had this damned BB 1-2 cables farther than B's

[gornik]

I saw the same situations quite often: in battles like "3 my CA vs 2 CA & 3 DD" most prior targets for my CA usually are DD. I need to change targets manually, but after any course change my CA try to aim them again. Same problem with CL and - even worse - with BC! Under shower of heavy shells they prefer to shoot at scout CL as their numbers are equal!  While decision to aim B vs BB may be reasonable, from our commander point of view, changing target to CL or DD in fleet battle looks unrealistic. 

[durin]

>>I need to change targets manually

In my favorite and most realistic Admiral mode that's not possible.

Hope for next patch...

[Ulmo]

The best solution - the choice of the scheme of priorities. In combat or training, both to types of shells