[Darryl]

Ok, I generally lurk around here but I just have to say something here. I find the topic of this thread to be completely false and the way the concerns are given to be completely offensive. Point blank. To say that...

Originally posted by proteus:

A dev comment that it might be fixed...however they cannot guarantee it after lot of months..made me pissed.
So sorry for the tone of my Posts, but that made me very angry.

Pisses me off. Yes, I know you apologized for the tone, but it's the concept that you were pissed because something you wanted wasn't improved in the game as if they owe it to you to do that. You paid $50, so they should improve the AI (probably the HARDEST aspect of the programming) and do it NOW. I mean it's been 6 months, right? And you're pissed? They actually show up on the Boards and implement player suggestions that have nothing to do with bug fixes (like modding) and you're pissed off and feel like you've been robbed? You can get these changes without buying the "Dominions II Gold Pack" and you're upset because your changes weren't there? Like Illwinter/Shrapnel have "misled" you somehow? Please!

I think Illwinter is a better name than "two guys with computers and another guy poking his head in every so often" but as I understand it that's what it is. And these 2 guys do what major companies have been unable to AND respond to fans directly and you're angry. Not "wishing it would change", but "angry".

Now the very idea that someone has been gipped by buying this game is ludicrous, and to even hint at a suggestion that they "falsely advertised" the AI is beyond words.

Now I know something about programming (I've worked as a software engineer and, more than that, I did the Online grimorie ) and I can say that AI programming is difficult. To insinuate that "well it's easy just weight and have them do such and such" is insulting, as if they're in Tahiti drinking magaritas with their ill-gotten Dominions funds when they should take the 10 minutes to improve the AI. I mean how many games are supposed to provide a significant challenge after playing them for a few months?

Sorry for the rant, but I just think this is by far The Best Game I've Played bar none. I also think the devs are extremely accessible and responsive, and to suggest they "cheated" someone is completely out of control to me.