Sorry to have encouraged you to rant, my comment wasn't intended to be all that pointed.

Your longer post, however, did clarify things for me (as noted, I do lack the sense of history some bring to the discussion). My concerns are mostly with the AI and with annoying glitches, and I haven't experienced anything as "basic" as you suggest.

I personally noted no problems with core function issues in the engine. As you rightly assert, these are issues that should be ironed out before release. My point was to note that removing all minor glitches and bugs would be too exhaustive to expect -- but I was not referring to the same thing you were. Poor communication on my part I suspect.

SF