Quote Originally Posted by vartan View Post
No offence to the EB dev team, but what makes you think they've any better a shot at making the AI "smarter"? There are plenty of research going on right now at institutions devoted just to this, and you want the AI to be made open source? Appalling.
I think you would be surprised. The AI often takes a backseat in game development, so time/budget constraints can ruin it. Modders working on their own time can do wonders. There are several RTS games where the mod community have vastly improved the AI for single player use.