We gotten a lot of great feedback and we are working to update fixes and improvements asap.
To keep you up to date on immediate plans for the future.
1) Our immediate attention is being directed to crashes, bugs, and so many of the one-off suggestions that have appeared in these forums. In short, our immediate focus will be on stability and miscellaneous gameplay issues. During this period, we will be using the beta branch to rapidly push patches. Basically, the beta branch will be used as the "most recent update" and then we will push that to the main branch, as the "vetted version." I'm guessing this phase will be a few patches, based on future unknown feedback.
2) Once we get in a good place there, we will be shifting focus to an AI overhaul. The focus here will be twofold. First, is the global AI. There are areas in which the AI is not making reasonable decisions. If you think the AI is making a "dumb decision," that's where the focus will be. We invite you to compile a list of "dumb decisions," which will help us isolate and address problem areas within the AI. The second part of the AI overhaul will be individualized AI. We want to bring out more of each realm's personality, according to its unique lore. Each realm has its own motivations, fears and ambitions. We want each realm's personality to influence decisions more.
During the AI overhaul phase, we will shift the role of the beta branch to something much closer to a live beta. We will be introducing an entirely new system, and looking to the beta branch as a playground to test the new AI before introducing it to the main branch.
Last, we'd like to thank everyone for sticking through some of the instabilities we've experienced of late. And we thank so many of you for your tremendous feedback that will go straight into this game. This is your game.
Good Hunting!
Breca