[Miles]

Originally posted by Zen:
Considering when you balance for MP you balance for SP as well but the opposite is not true.

It is not true in either direction. However, the Dom2 result has been quite pleasing.

I can't quite see the big stir from people crying "Oh it's never about SP, it's all MP" when your problem (Making out of control pretenders) was fixed within 2 days after the patch release by a 3rd Party while retaining the MP balance of not having cheaters.

Well. It is not fixed for >ME<. The fix is a Windows executable. I use Linux. But more to the point, your term 'out of control pretenders' illustrates the real problem. In my single-player games, I can assure you that those pretenders never did anything I didn't wish them to. I just wish that they would do more. And I miss them. IT IS NOT THE SAME AS MULTIPLAYER.

It's MP, Modability, Balance, Customer Support, etc, etc that keep people playing the game and more importantly buying the game.

Please don't think that I dislike the game. I love it. However, you have to realize the it doesn't really have singleplayer. It is ALWAYS multiplayer. Sometimes you play with humans. Sometimes you play with AI's. It works REALLY well, when the AI's pass the Turing test and are indistinguishable from humans. But, when the AI's fail the test, playing without humans can suck.

It would really help to provide better singleplayer crutches so we don't lose huge numbers of customers.

Modding has done wonders already for me. I am having a ball creating a custom Nation. I love the 'poke-in-the-eye' maps. They introduce variety and newness to gameplay.

However, both seem to be a response to fundamental problems in single-user play.

I guess I am just greedy. Still, I am sure that I am not alone. I am sure that the majority of the purchasers of Dom2 will never do multiplay OR post to this forum.

Miles