Good evening, lately in a new playthough, it seems the map ai is highly aggressive, persuiting me with mere schooners only to immediately flee when the battle starts. Even when having overwhelming odds, the ai flees. Earlier this evening my lowly class 4 began combat with an English squadron of 2 class 3 and 1 class 4, only for them to immediately break formation to flee. Is it possible to make the ai more aggressive in combat?  Im a rank 7 on corsair difficulty

The decision to flee or engage is not part of the engine, but rather due to the scripting within a particular mod.  In order for me to determine whether there is a problem, or if by mod design, the next time you think the opponents are fleeing wrongly, take a save at sea and send it to me at chezjfrey@hotmail.com.  Also indicate what game:  COAS, ERAS, GOF 1.2, etc.