Thats quite a waste as what made the game fun is because of the dragons but the AI doesnt use it at all. This made single player skirmishes less fun since the AI is handicapped heavily because they dont use dragons while the player can obliterate them easily.
The AI dragon doesnt have to match a player in skill, it just has to be decently competent. Not everyone is keen to play a multiplayer game to see their opponents using dragons, thats why a good skirmish AI is essential to a strategy game. Instead, some people just want to play alone or just in comp stomps. Other RTS studios like GPG, Iron Clad, Blizzard and Relic realised that needs among some players and they had given their games decent skirmish AI. It doesnt have to world class AI that will beat most players but a reasonably competent one that will use all the options the game has, which includes AI dragons spawning.
I sincerely hope Larian Studios will patch in AI dragons at one point.
he speaks the truth, i comp stomp more than PvP, hopefully a decent, even if slightly questionable a.i dragon was included. would spicen things up, and make me worry for my troops.
