Precisely. For that matter, often the new civs necessitate some additional AI fixes that will then apply to all civs.
Trust me, the patch has been worked on and the DLC has helped drive that, between AI needed for the Spanish (exploration) and the scenario (over-seas expansion).
The devs have been VERY actively patching issues, the full changelog is quite extensive for a patch.
What? No!
They were not added for the DLC, nor are they required in the DLC.
What?
No. Just no. You may not have liked the game. That does not mean it "wasn't even beta stage". It just means you did not care for it.
(Emphasis mine)
Now it really becomes ridiculous.
The poor state of the game at release now magically is being transferred into OUR fault? We did not care enough to see its wonderfulness?
We know that you're eager to get employed with them (or any other company who would hire you), as you have stated previously.
Seems to include that you're wiling to take over 2k marketing members' tasks.
And honestly, I wonder more and more what is getting infracted here at this board and what is not.
The game was playable. The game mechanics were functional. Bugs existed, but bugs always exist. The tactical AI was poor, but AI is almost always poor in games, particularly strategy games, and particularly complex ones. It has also been massively improved in the new patch.
What you generously forget to mention is that the AI was one of the main advertisement features AND that a decent AI is required to make "1upt" (which isn't a real 1upt, btw) work.
As you by yourself have to admit, the AI didn't work decently.
It still does not, although already have being patched.
And before it's said, I am not an "apologist" or a "suck up". There were, and still are, many things I dislike about Civ5. However, I am well able to recognize the difference between a faulty game, and a game with mechanics I dislike; Civ5 is of the latter.
Oh yes, you are an "apologist".
Things which will be allegedly improved by the next patch were so obviously flawed (combat AI, diplomacy, city states, to only name a few) that this can very well be qualified as being a "faulty game".
The devs have been working hard to improve the AI and renovate mechanics the community disliked. This is not simply to make money, it is to improve the game.
Which wasn't faulty, eh?
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