The SP problem is much deeper than that Gandalf.
The AI cannot possibly compete with all the options in the game, so there is no real impetus to actually improve the AI.
I know this, I accept this.
Can you get a satisfying SP game out of Dom3? Sure, with some caveats.
Is Dom3 designed for the SP game? Uhh... we all know the answer to that one.
Like I said, I don't begrudge illwinter the decision they made, they make the games they want to make and more power to them. But the facts remain that for whatever reason, the GUI and the AI make playing SP a much less enjoyable option than trying MP. Of course this is my opinion, I'm sure there are some who prefer SP, though I cannot really fathom why, but to each their own.
Anyway, the SP issues are not addressed directly by illwinter, they are addressed by kind folks as yourself and others making mods and randomizers and whatever else.
I don't see how difficult it would be for illwinter to at least include some reasonable pretenders for AI nations, nor do I see why some minor tweeks to the AI would be overly difficult.
Oh I know why it doesn't happen, because it's not fun to do. So yeah, I'll stick with my statement that the SP game is basically left to wither and die, however overly dramatic that might be
