Well being honest I take no pleasure from not being happy....not at all.

It is as if we are playing different games...I am concerned by this....even playing at different levels..different factions...historic battles..custom battles...I am just not getting good AI...

Sometimes I don't seem to be getting any!

As for the billmen v pikemen area...it is true that the english didnt follow what the rest of europe was doing in this respect...I would say that it doesnt indicate that pikemen are not better...but that the bill suited english training and tactics more than the other weapons..if it isnt broke..don't fix it would be my thinking.

As for the exact reason for the AI passive bug..I wouldnt know if that is true...it may well be. With a game like this it does need extensive playtesting (which we are all now doing!! lol)...

I can only imagine that CA got a bit behind their schedule..and there was not adequate time to do heavy playtesting...which is odd considering the project was probably started before RTW was released...