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Originally posted by eddieballgame:
[QB]It strikes me, by the "tone" of these Posts pertaining to MOO3, there are going to be some dissappointed people if & when this program's faults have been addressed & "fixed" by the soon to come patch.[QB]

I've gone into this in more detail on the MOO3 official forums:

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums...hreadid=292411

In brief, I believe that MOO3 is a great MP game, allowing MP games to go by relatively quickly and easily. However, the cost of this has been SP playability, with many options eliminated, simplified or handed over to the AI so that each turn will take only a fixed amount of time regardless of the state of development of the empire or the current circumstances of the game. I remember reading an interview in which the designers said that they were aiming for a max combat duration of 3 minutes. That's great for MP, not for SP.