[Fyrestorm3]

Originally Posted by dmytron

You are not idiots, you're persons entitled to your own option. But everyones complaines like there will be no AI development whatsoever.

I gotta agree here. It's probably just misphrasing, but there's some serious hyperbole going on in this thread:

Originally Posted by The Wolf

3-d, bah. Improve the simulation and the AI!

Originally Posted by Bowtie

I think hiring someone to improve the AI is more important in that if you read around these forums you will see numerous threads about how the AI does this, that or the other in an unrealistic way. While these AI issues may not necessarily be gamebreakers they can be disappointing/irritating/frustrating etc. Hence, making improvements to the AI first would be, imho, a good building block towards adding the 3D graphics.

Originally Posted by Honorable_Pawn

I'm cool with improved graphics but there are waaaaaay too many holes that Mark Johnson is ignoring. Graphics be damned. Fix the bad AI.

Originally Posted by BIG17EASY

But I think the majority of those who don't have an interest in 3D (a group of which I am a part of) simply would prefer that the focus remain on the AI and not move to the visuals.

Now, I'm not saying that any of these people actually think that OOTP is going to completely drop the AI improvements in favor of graphics. In fact, I agree with a lot of their points. But it comes across as "Graphics vs. AI, pick a side", and that's not true in the slightest. There will always be AI updates. There might be MORE if the 3D wasn't being developed, and if you want to argue that point, I won't disagree with you. But I don't think there's going to be a noticeable dropoff. Every version of OOTP is going to continue to improve the AI, just like it always has.