soloswolf wrote:Two things typically make Athena's moves look awful:
1) The tendency of many players to wait until everything is just so, and they have 'perfect' stacks before they move from their entrenchments.
2) Not giving her a fog of war bonus.
I don't know how you play, so I can't entirely speak to the first, but if Beauregard is in PA, you are either not in VA very deeply, or you have a wall of blue from Harper's Ferry to Alexandria/D.C. Try mixing it up.
To the second point, the best games I have played against the AI had a big bonus to her FoW vision. Give it a shot. You may even be able to change it in your current game so you don't lose all of your current progress.
Good luck finding what feels best for you, Rexor.
Right on both counts.
You pegged me spot on--I'm one of those players who likes all his ducks in a row before sending them out of the nest, and err on the side of caution. It's partly because, despite a long familiarity with the game, I'm still really a newbie for whom vast stretches of the game are still mysterious. But that's part of the fun.
I'll jack Athena's FoW bonus up a notch to medium and get scrappy in VA.
I'm Cormac, btw...