My wishes, what the devs should focus into

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Meglobob said:

I think this is very true. Good AI is a MUST, even if it cheats to compete with a person.

80% - 90% of games players only play SP. Dominions might have a higher % of MP, as its got a reputation as a MP game, but even so, doubt MP makes up more than 20% - 30% of dominions 3 players.

Just look at how many multiplayer (PBEM) games have been started via the Dom3 multiplayer thread on this website, 0, yes zero.

Ok, I remember an old thread discussing about this. Simply put, it is not possible to create a good ai in a so complex game without cheating heavily (but this is not ai). Chess is much simple, and a good ai has taken years and teras of computing power. If the environment is complex (yes, thousand of units and hundreds of spells is complex) a good AI is a dream. No simple rules can cope with, and complex rules require big programming time and generrate lot of bugs. I think that if you put the effort to improve the ai in the background, description, literary work, it makes much better. Obviously if the ai has some severely wrong behaviour, it is a bug (not an enhancment) and it has to be corrected.
I liked the Tuhata, the carrions and ethereal Ermors, all of these sems ... changed. But it is not only this. I've found Agartha that has a beatiful background, but some unit miss the details of the descriptions.
I think working on these little bugs and expanding the DomIII universe is more rewarding for the devs, more easy and more "in line" with the spirit (and with the main characteristics) of the game.