Psst, over here, I got the latest patch status... shhhh

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My disappointment is because it seems as though Aaron is spending his programming time squashing extremely rare bugs rather than adding features (some of which were promised from the get-go).

I've been programming, in a lot of different Languages, for 25 years. I agree with you that some of the "easy" changes that people have asked for are not at all easy. And some "easy" changes would flummox the AI, so those aren't really easy. (Although a simple on/off flag fixes that problem.) But one doesn't need access to the code to know that some suggested changes would indeed be easy. It's just obvious (to any experienced programmer, that is).

People have been asking: why is it dead around here? The answer is: what's the point of discussing ideas for improvements and new features when the only thing that patches have been doing is fixing bugs?

My advice to Aaron is: spend a little bit of time putting in a few easy new features, and watch the excitement soar!