[Mephisto]

Sorry guys, but I think you just don't get Benp right. He isn't complaining about the under laying AI AFAIK. He is complaining that the AI scripts are not as good as they could. And that’s right. The AI scripts have obviously not been modified since month. The AI isn't using ECM/ECCM due to a error in design AND spelling. It will not build atmospheric converters. It won’ research planet utilisation and so on.
That's the "secret" behind the EA. I made the AI use what's out there and I think this very much improves the game. I did not modify anything except making a new race (a point Richardson did not notice, as it seems). The under laying AI is NOT the problem, the scripts what to use are the problem!
To do a good AI script is a very hard and long process with a lot of play testing even for one race. MM just don't has the time to squish bugs AND do this kind of scripting. I will continue to create and improve races for SE4 but I can see why Benp is frustrated. It’s just frustrating to search the whole map for the new races.