BO,
I hate to be harsh, but how can you claim that 'you know' what I have been paying attention to and for how long? Just because I do not post, in no way implies that I have NOT been paying attention. Also, Computer War in Europe which has no AI has sold pretty well and Decision Games is not going bankrupt because of it. So not having an AI is not the end of the world, especially if it could be included as an addon later.
ORIGINAL: flipperwasirish
This has been discussed in the past numerous times and is not viable for a number of reasons. Not the least of which is having an AI is part of the contract for the project.
Also, the contract is still valid becauset he AI STILL will be done, just not as part of the initial release. Plus contracts can always be revised (I know, because I have done enough of that in RL) so that is not a reason NOT to follow through on my suggestion. The best reason to not use my suggestion is .....
ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur
the AI is almost finished ....
we are just waiting for the last bugs to be fixed before we add it to the game...
just wait .. the game is perfect
However, in the last three month status reports from Steve (April-June), the AI section had 'Nothing new'. Given that as the status for three months it would imply that zero is being done on the AI at all. Hence the reason for my suggestion. Matter of fact, the last time there was an update on the AI was in the Jan 2010 status report. So unless I have really missed something (which I will admit is entirely possible), this lack of status implied to me that the AI was on hold (or being completely ignored for the time being).
As that seems not to be the case due to the quote above, then my OP no longer has any merit (unless balancing the AI will take a long period of time).