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Hi everyone, At the moment, when a ship comes under attack the AI makes no attempt to manoeuvre defensively and accelerate, be it to try jinking to avoid fire from naval guns or trying to make a bombing run just that little bit harder, or to unmask defensive weapons. This not only makes ships easier to hit, but it also is something that's very easy to exploit and game to increase your chances of successfully engaging a ship, sometimes significantly so, simply by attacking from a direction where the ship's more effective defensive weapons are masked. It would be better if ships would accelerate and jink to avoid weapons fire and to manoeuvre so to unmask defensive weapons systems. The same could also apply when engaging surface targets with guns (and some AI ships already manoeuvre to engage targets with anti-ship missiles or torpedoes). Ideally, there would be some decision making logic for the AI, so that it can deal with multiple threats, taking into account the speed at which the ship can turn, the direction of the threat, the arcs of weapons and the threat's ETA. Perhaps how fast the AI reacts and how effectively they open up firing arcs could be determined by the skill level. Like aircraft, there should also be a setting in the advanced waypoint options/triggered actions to control whether the AI should react or not. As an example, I've got 2 tracks below where I have an OHP firing an RGM-84 at a single Tarantul III. In the first track, the incoming missiles[note 1] approach from its port quarter and the AK-630s successfully manage to defend the ship (despite the FCR for said AK-630s being masked). In the second track, I have the missiles approach from directly ahead - despite the ship definitely detecting the threat (when the Tarantul III switches from alarm state green to red, shutters close on 4 of the bridge windows) it makes no attempt to unmask its defenses. Seeing as the AK-176 in DCS, like almost every other naval gun, is only capable of engaging surface targets[note 2], this renders the ship as good as defenseless from attacks from this direction. Numerous ships also have blind zones where certain defensive weapons cannot engage, or would improve their chances of successfully defending themselves: The Grisha V has a close-in weapons system and a naval gun on the stern, which cannot engage directly forward. The ship would be able to better defend itself if it would turn to unmask these weapons (especially when the SA-N-4 only has a single target channel and only 2 missiles ready to fire before needing to reload, making it relatively easy to saturate). Conversely, the SA-N-4 system cannot engage targets approaching from astern. The Oliver Hazard Perry and Invincible have SAM systems that also cannot engage approaching from astern. The OHP also has a CIWS (and a naval gun) that cannot engage targets directly ahead. Incidentally the STIR is masked when firing SM-1MRs (the SAM the OHP should be firing) directly forward (though the Mk 92 FCS can also provide an illumination channel forward and the STIR doesn't even exist in DCS, when it absolutely should if the OHP has Mk 13 GMLS). The Krivak II could perform double the number of intercepts with its SA-N-4 systems, if it places the target on the ship's beam. It would also unmask the 2 AK-100 guns (if they would engage airborne targets). The Slava's close-in weapons systems have an aft blind zone and the SA-N-6's FCR is masked directly forward at low altitude, the SA-N-4 is also masked directly forward. Placing the threat on the ship's beam allows all 3 weapon systems to engage, maximising the chances of interception. Notes: While the behaviour has changed somewhat, AI ships still don't respect weapon release settings in terms of quantity, attack quantity or group attack. See this thread. Nearly every naval gun currently in DCS should have dual purpose capability, often firing dedicated rounds. The AK-176 can fire the ZS-62 projectile, which contains 400 g of AI-X-2 explosive, with an AR-51L radar proximity fuse that functions up to 8 m away from the target. The AK-100, AK-130, Mark 75 and Mark 45 guns all have proximity-fused rounds available. Unfortunately, with a single exception, they all are only capable of engaging surface targets, with a high-explosive, impact-fused round. See this thread. Tarantul_III_RGM-84_attack1.trk Tarantul_III_RGM-84_attack2.trk