why arent they talking at all about the AI?

[The Wizard]

CA might defend itself with saying that the AI shouldn't be much of a challenge -- but that's where the learning curve comes in, huh? Games, if they are on computers or not, are supposed to be challenges. In video games that challenge is either provided by the AI or online.

As such, everything else is secondary and is there merely to provide a credible platform from which the AI or another human player can provide a fair and straightforward challenge that is not insurmountable.

What does this imply? That the AI can be cunning like never before and still a game doesn't have to be a drag for 'newbies'. Part of the fun in strategy games, is, after all, learning and growing into a fearsome general.

As such any argumentation going along the lines of "let's not make this too hard on the new players" is null and void. If you don't want a challenge then don't play games.

Oh... and on the .com: it reminds me more of North Korea than anything else.