Patch 3 What and When?

[Freyland]

Or how about making the AI actually make use of the diplomacy options? Or making the AI actually make sense in its attitude towards the Player?

We should not have to depend on the kindness and time of others to make the game "better". The game should be good enough to stand on its own, but everyone acknowledges it isn't. Without improvement to the base code of the AI, the game is just a search for intelligent life, obstructed by a bunch of "Neutrals".

I would trade in all of the modifiable options for a game that didn't need them.

Jonathan

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How does he type with his hands over his ears?

[Arboris]

Frankly I find it amazing that we have not had any official word on this board from MM on this matter. I really believe that most people understand that this is long tedious process when it comes to patch a game of this complexity. How many of you have ever had a new patch for a game put out hastily and it created more new problems than the problems it set out to fix?

However I still think a weekly one-paragraph post from the powers that be is not asking too much. Furthermore I believe that most people would walk away satisfied knowing what was being worked on and what they could expect. I would be half as disappointed if I knew right now not to expect an AI enhancement. Then if I were to speculate and hope for weeks and then find out that the latest patch did not address any of the issues that concerned me.

[greghacke]

NigelWulf-
Don't know if you realized it, but Richard (our friendly neighborhood Shrapnel rep) Posts several times a week. As he apparently even plays the game, this is even better than a BS post from some technocrat. You may also note that every week since SE4 was released, he has posted an official statement on direction.

[Mac]

There is a thread a bit above this on the list, from Richard, which announces that patch 1.20 is in the hands of the beta testers and has a brief synopsis of what the patch contains.