Kekvit isn't the only one reporting poor AI combined with massive cheating - I'm quite concerned by some of the other player reports I've read tonight. So far it sounds like the basic, incomplete AI from the alpha with a few tweaks for new features plus a boatload of new cheats. It's now getting 50% resource bonuses on normal difficulty! Gah!

The two main things I wanted to see improved for release were the AI and the battles. The AI in the alpha was fine for an alpha. I appreciate that the hands off battle card thingy is a design choice and will not change. All the same, I wanted a reason to engage in the battles myself rather than auto-ing them all. I can't see any indication that either has been addressed yet.

It really does look like they pushed this out too soon. Such a shame, it's a slick game in other aspects and I do like a lot of what it offers. I hope that they are able to patch it to completion.