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salamimeister3's avatar
6 years ago

AI mechanics of FOO's Marching Orders

So this "issue" is been a big question for me for a long time and i couldn't figure it out yet, so i thought, it's best if I mention it here.

My Problem is following: The text says: "Target other ally gains...", which means I can select all my allies to use this ability on of course (FO gets some bonuses here, but that doesn't matter now).
The problem is, when it comes to the AI to select that particular "target ally" (auto-battle or battle against AI). Instead of selecting randomly or for example selecting the one character with debuffs etc., the AI ALWAYS only picks one character.

For example: the FO I use is KRU, og KR, FOO, FOX, FOST. Here the ally always gives marching orders to og KR, though I don't understand why. I want him to give the ability to FOX instead, so I tried to get his offense higher, than KR's, but this didn't solve the problem either.

This "issue" of course takes away the effectiveness of the team, especially if set on defense (TW/GA), because KR uses his Lash Out ability most of the time, which doesn't deal much damage, neither does his Outrage in comparison to FOX of course.

So my question is: Is there an AI mechanic behind this, which picks a character after some attribute (like HP or Prot or whatsoever)? Otherwise, the AI could be reworked here, for example to favor FO units, and after that, it should favor units with debuffs (or FO units with the highest offense, bc they get advantage and offense up).
  • "Mephisto_style;c-1871989" wrote:
    "salamimeister3;c-1871980" wrote:
    Thanks for the comments guys, now its clear for me ^^

    As for you @Mephisto_style , i wouldn't do any of those zetas, but farm KRU instead, zeta his lead and use him as a leader for FO. U will see that ur FO becomes an amazing team, not squishy by any means (FO is my fav team lol).

    Id hold the zetas for now though. As soon as you get JKR, you actually can put 3 zetas on him instantly, all are worth it. Though you have still a very long way to go, all 5 chars needed need a lot of farming, so you should put your focus on them rn...

    For arena, ive got a recommendation for you: try the following team: CLS, raid Han, Chewy, 3PO, R2.
    During you farm for JKR, you could focus gearing up this team and use it in arena instead of BH.


    Thanks, the last 2 recommendations are what I am doing. I can't do KRU right now because of T3 and Ezra. I need ezra for Thrawn this month and then T3 for JKR. KRU is 3 months off for me.


    General rule of thumb if your thinking about a zeta to prop up a squad untill you can farm what you really need is usually a bad idea. The exception that comes to mind would be jedi bast, her lead is bad ass in 3v3
  • "Psycosaltine;c-1871999" wrote:
    "Mephisto_style;c-1871989" wrote:
    "salamimeister3;c-1871980" wrote:
    Thanks for the comments guys, now its clear for me ^^

    As for you @Mephisto_style , i wouldn't do any of those zetas, but farm KRU instead, zeta his lead and use him as a leader for FO. U will see that ur FO becomes an amazing team, not squishy by any means (FO is my fav team lol).

    Id hold the zetas for now though. As soon as you get JKR, you actually can put 3 zetas on him instantly, all are worth it. Though you have still a very long way to go, all 5 chars needed need a lot of farming, so you should put your focus on them rn...

    For arena, ive got a recommendation for you: try the following team: CLS, raid Han, Chewy, 3PO, R2.
    During you farm for JKR, you could focus gearing up this team and use it in arena instead of BH.


    Thanks, the last 2 recommendations are what I am doing. I can't do KRU right now because of T3 and Ezra. I need ezra for Thrawn this month and then T3 for JKR. KRU is 3 months off for me.


    General rule of thumb if your thinking about a zeta to prop up a squad untill you can farm what you really need is usually a bad idea. The exception that comes to mind would be jedi bast, her lead is bad **** in 3v3


    I know. I imagine her, Jolee, and GMY are a pain. Probably GK more than GMY.