PaulWRoberts
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Hi all, I really love everything that it appears AE will be, and I know that truly dedicated players will be in heaven with this one. Heck, even if no one ever played the game, the project would be a monument to the kind of detail and realism *possible* in wargames. All the same, I have some worries. This thread is to ask if anyone has plans to invest in AI improvement and scenario design. I will almost certainly never be able to play WitP AE against a human. I would be an infuriating PBEM opponent, as my job and other pursuits run hot and cold, and there are unpredictable times when I wouldn't be able to do a turn for days or even weeks at a time. My opponent and I would almost certainly lose interest in such play before the summer of 1942. That leaves the AI. I understand that it has been improved, and I've even heard that it is programmable from the user side. Will that really happen? Given the PBEM-focus of most die-hard players, are there experienced users who will dedicate themselves to improving the AI for the rest of us? Likewise, will there be more shorter scenarios available in the future? What I've seen so far is Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, and the Aleutians. Are any scenario makers planning to make manageable campaigns or chunks of the war available for play against the AI? I'll probably pull the trigger and buy the game right away, if only to support Matrix and the dedication of the team. But I'm hoping to hear that, for a player like me, AE will be a living game and not just a monument.
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