At least so far, even in the case of human difficulty, AI still won't build fighter planes. 

Neither the first fighter nor the last fighter has been built. I am trying to save fighter planes when I have insufficient resources. AI doesn't build fighter planes because of its vast territory and abundant resources. 

but seems to prefer bombing me.

Bombing looks like a better strategy ^^

Then what's the point of airplanes?

Daarkarrow wrote:

Bombing looks like a better strategy ^^

When do AI usually build fighter planes? I want to see what the air battle will be like.

Cure_off wrote:

Then what's the point of airplanes?

I think the attack range of fighters is relatively large. Fighters in their own small airports or aircraft carrier formation in the middle of the sea can directly attack other AI trade transit stations (and there is no need to declare war, and they can also accumulate war support in this way).

After the update of Bolivar, fighters attacking AI units will no longer increase the war support of the opposite side but reduce the war support, which makes fighters more useful when dealing with units without air defense.

If I had ever used Rome, I would use the ninth fighter to patrol in the air, so that I could find AI units at a greater distance and make a surprise attack. I could also deal with those bombing units.

Just like helicopters, when fighters attack ground units, unless it is air defense, they do not need to consider their own unit losses. After all, this is the air force.

I was replying to @Daarkarrow, stating that if bombing is always the preferred solution, because it's the better one, it should be quite urgent to give the AI, and not only human players, at least one good reason to produce and use some.

Hey folks,

It looks like a bug, the AI should try to get fighters and bomber. I could see why it would not build bombers (more strategic resources are required) but I don't understand why it would not build fighters at all.

Do you still have a save file showcasing the issue by any chance?

Cheers,

Alex.

ZanAlex wrote:

嘿，伙计们，

It looks like a bug, the AI should try to get fighters and bomber. I could see why it would not build bombers (more strategic resources are required) but I don't understand why it would not build fighters at all.

Do you still have a save file showcasing the issue by any chance?

干杯

亚历克斯。

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Thank you for your save file. I've had a look at it and from what I see, none of the AI has had the chance to build an aerodrome yet (lack of space, science or resource), so airplanes can't be built (neither fighter nor bomber). Some of them could but they do not prioritize the construction of the district high enough and would rather improve their economy. We'll try to find a way to improve that. 

Thank you for you feedback,

Alex.