< 1 > if you truely were a RTS gamer you'd be able to make up for this difference with skill, but hey if you can't beat the A.I. because it "cheats" at the beginning of the game then fine,
< 2 > but don't say its a waste of time or you won't fight cheaters.
< 3 > Really what your post sounds like is you can't beat the Unfair A.I.
< 4 > Just read the damn name "Unfair".
Reply 1 > I'm not a RTS expert, just an average gamer, with limited free time to practice.
Reply 2 > I was not stating that fighting the Unfair A.I. was a waste of time, in the abstract. I was implying, rather, that it might be a waste of
my limited time. Like most people who bought the game, I have a lot of other time-consuming activities (a job, university research, a family, domestic chores, other games to play, etc.). I really don't have the time to practice to enhance my RTS skills to the point where I will be able to beat 7 Unfair A.I.s (like a clan expert recommended to me on another thread). I have other interests and ambitions in Life.
Reply 3 > I haven't even tried once. The point of my previous post is that I refuse, by principle, to spend hours being stressed just to beat a cheater.
Reply 4 > I do know how to read.
If they had given the A.I. some more "intelligence" besides the unfair bonuses, I would have been interested. If a 21-year old chess player beats his 3-year kid brother at chess, that is unfair, but it has nothing to do with cheating (if the older guy respects the rules of chess).
I don't mind an "unfair" level of skill in an adversary. I only object when the unfairness is linked to dumb bonuses and cheats.
I would not mind to learn by being defeated by an A.I. with an "unfair" level of intelligence and skill (just as the 3 year-old can learn from his older brother).
But I simply do not have enough free leisure-time to invest in learning how to compete with pure cheaters.
