[Bug] AI behavior degradation

[NerdyQT]

I took a break when 2.9.5 came out and recently returned only to find out AI behavior has become much worse than it once was:

• AI now aggressively charge at the target, ignoring all incoming attacks, making no attempt to evade.
• AI does not use any defensive modules when equipped(fortification, energy shield, cloaking, point defense), making these completely useless to give to your fleet.
• AI will only use Warp Drive on some ships and not others for unknown reasons.
• When using Harpoon, AI will sometimes not attack the target getting struck by harpoon, instead try to drag it away despite the target is completely opened for attack.
• AI will stop functioning under certain energy threshold, despite fully capable of operation. Even when equipping modules that does not require energy to activate(Gravitysappa, Neutronium Cutter), AI will not attempt to use these modules until above certain energy threshold.

[SuplexCity25284]

I haven't noticed the energy shield glitch yet, but I have noticed that my Covid ship that has it, will many times intentionally ram other ships, and they didn't do so before I installed it.

As far as the point defense, have you tried setting it to automatic instead of mapping it to a button? Also, my Priest ship tends to fly all the way out to the outer most ships, and stays there, even if told to defend rather than attack.

Jormundangr too, seems to do the weirdest things. It starts out battles mostly either the rail stuck in my base and takes minutes to dislodge itself, unless I ram the head of it with a ship. And then when it's fighting, it's slow to target ships

Have you tried setting the point defense to automatic use, rather rhat setting it to one of the weapon buttons?