[Gandalf Parker]

Oh come on! You cant say that the Dom2 AI was really bad as such efforts go. It was AT LEAST good for tutorial level. For teaching a newbie the game and getting them convinced that they knew it well enough to challenge humans. You might feel that it was never a challenge for someone who had learned the game. But thats true of most AI's in games. Remember that "artificially intelligent" is not the same as "artificially human". If its able to play the game then its a good AI.

Now you know that I was the loud and strong advocate of solo play in Dom2. My fansite Dom2Minions was the unusual one in that it almost entirely involved things designed to make the game challenging later on for the solo player. I have had conversations with Illwinter on aspects of AI, and Random Maps, and Events, and other things that werent entirely MP things. I think that its safe to say that there is enough difference to make it fun for solo-play past the tutorial level. Probably not to expert level but we will have to see how good it got. Im definetly getting it so I will let you know early on my impressions on solo play.