Japan '45 Poll - One Question!

[Kool Kat]

Hey David: 

That was a gracious response and I thank you for it! 

I am not looking to "pick a fight," - but I need to get this off my chest. Warning - I may not be as gracious as David.

Smolensk '41 - the first game in the Panzer Campaign Series was released in 1999. That was 20 years ago! 

So, for 20 years, we have enjoyed this series.

Also, for 20 years, we have understood the limitations of playing against the AI.

• AI performed better on defense. 
  
• AI was not adaptive and mostly reactive.
  
• Playing against the AI was no substitute to playing against human opponents.
  

I believe that the majority of Blitz gamers play against human opponents. 

Enter this individual who plays exclusively against the AI and is upset that the AI cannot perform offensive operations crossing rivers at bridges. His games are "ruined" by this fact and he demands a fix to it.

And now, WDS releases a major new game - Japan '45, but cannot release the much needed patch for it because John Tiller does not have the work cycles for code updates - all so a small subset of players can play exclusively against the AI!   

And since this individual exhibited selfish behavior... wanting this fix so his AI-only games would not be "ruined"... let me exhibit some selfish behavior myself. This AI fix does nothing for me. I will never play against the AI. All of my matches are against human opponents. 

But even though this AI fix does nothing for me, it does impact me! It has stalled me from purchasing Japan '45 and I suspect has diverted WDS resources and time from implementing much needed patches... and possibly new game releases.       

So, while this individual posts on other forums how he discovered this AI bug and got WDS to address it... there's a much larger group of gamers who don't get to optimize their enjoyment of a brand new PzC game - Japan '45 because of a delayed patch release. 

Gosh, somehow we have been able to "play" this series for 20 years plus without "fixing" the AI's ability to cross bridges at rivers.