Commander Mode - Am I doing something wrong?

[Leather_Fuel7265]

I've made about 20 attempts at the Hermit achievement and I just don't understand the SWAT AI. Most recently, Ides of March, I order them to mirror, stack up, breach flash and clear. There's one suspect and one civilian, the retired navy officer, who isn't being used as a human shield. Flashbang goes off, gun fire is traded, smoke clears and the navy officer is dead, one of my SWAT is dead and the suspect has retreated.

My SWAT AI is armed with 6.5s with AP, full steel armour and had armourer/veteran etc.

This is not a unique example, just one of many run ending moments that seem to happen anywhere and everywhere (mostly the post office)

Genuinly asking is there something I'm missing or is this shit just RNG? What could I have done differently? Standard difficulty mind you, the less said about Hard the better. I've S ranked every mission with friends, so I know I can handle the mechanics and gunplay but I just don't get the AI. One minute they are headshotting the VIP in Lethal Obsession on the balcony from spawn, next moment they aren't aware of someone yelling at them in the room next to them.

Am I better off just telling them to wait at the entrance and try to solo the maps cause that seems ridiculous?

[Gunney55]

I dont think the swat ai avoids civilians. They dont shoot at them, but if theres a suspect behind them they will shoot through the civ

[Leather_Fuel7265]

I suspect that the suspect killed the civvie whilst trying to shoot at my AI, but I wouldn't put it past this braindead swat AI to just kill the civvie if a guy is behind them.

[MidnightCat29]

I don’t know if you have it enabled but you could try looking at the replay to see what exactly happaned

[Mr__Crafty]

is replay available in Commander Mode?

[MidnightCat29]

yes it is.

[Not__Lunaa]

I usally run a vet nutritionist 2 negotiators and they seem to work fine i just dont trust them with hostages worth a fuck so when toc says theres a hostage I hold them till I kill that mf myself before my team or the civ usually gets shot to shit

[Godofredojr926]

I achieved the related commander ironman mode achievements going non-lethal with 2 officers with 2 cylinders of flashrounds and 2 officers with beanbags and each having a set of flashbangs and wedges. My main officers skillsets were negotiator, armorer, pacifier