Yeah, I think AI is cheating as always. It's probably hard to code it as it would need a different kind of AI approach to playing.
AI is not affected by FOW, the AI would be too handicapped if that were the case.
I haven't played the Switch version, but from what I understand it is 30 FPS and pretty solid, with a few drops. That said, I played the Vita version originally and that one has a lot of frame drops, far worse performance and image quality than the Switch version, but I still found it to be playable. PS4 version is the most stable with the best performance, but people seem to be OK with the Switch version as well.
Pikemen move through forests like sludge. God help you if you have to walk through 2 forest tiles. Swordsmen are much more mobile, and the breakpoints on forests and mountains matter. I also thought they were trash, but they can navigate higher def tiles and when on the offense from those tiles, they can 1v1 pikemen AND dogs. The CO crit doesn't happen often in my experience, but in super cramped maps I can see it happening.
It runs well on Switch. If you plan on making a lot of content yourself then I could see PC being preferable for using the keyboard, otherwise it works well on Switch.
It makes sense like how the AI targets infantry in Advance Wars because they're necessary to capture the HQ. Often the only unit who can go toe to toe with the commander is your own commander. That it causes a loss when your commander dies is also part of the equation. That's why supporting your commander's flanks is important. Never had any close calls this way, especially since Mercia and Emeric have defense-oriented grooves. Caesar is more vulnerable however but does have the most risk/reward groove.
The flag on the map icon should be yellow for S and red for A. When you open the mission description, there will be an S medal, but nothing for A.
I haven't found much of a use for dogs. They're like Recons, but with way less movement, slightly less vision range, and less durability against infantry. With the upside being infantry move type instead of tires, I suppose? It feels like a very uneven tradeoff. At first I figured they'd be good for capturing, like bikes, but nope.
I think that Pikemen are more vulnerable to proyectiles than the Swordmen.
Tiles to which you can move, but which you cannot attack. (Since everything in your move range is also in your attack range, usually; brown tiles mostly happen due to nearby units blocking the space you'd have to attack from.) That's why, for example, the wagon has all brown tiles -- it can't attack anything ever.
Ah, thank you. I've made some mistakes so I'd like to go back to S rank them. Like the chapter where you have to take Mercia to the other side of the map. I didn't know the green army could just build a caravan which Mercia can board. I had AW's different factions in my head for some reason lol
Just make them lose 1hp per turn hidden and regen 0.5 per turn visible
