In any group with both merchants and warships, the merchants are always at the front and one is the flagship. If you attack the group from the front, hit the lead ship hard and make it surrender, the bug with the whole fleet becoming neutral kicks in, leaving you to take a free merchant - quite an exploit if it is a single merchant with heavy escort or the first ship of a treasure fleet.
If a group contains more than one warship, this version of "PROGRAM\SEA_AI\AIFantom.c" will put one warship at the head of the group, making it the flagship. Now, if you engage a group of well-escorted merchants, you'll definitely have to fight at least one escort, and a warship flagship will not surrender as easily as a merchant.
If a group contains more than one warship, this version of "PROGRAM\SEA_AI\AIFantom.c" will put one warship at the head of the group, making it the flagship. Now, if you engage a group of well-escorted merchants, you'll definitely have to fight at least one escort, and a warship flagship will not surrender as easily as a merchant.
