I suspect he didn't expect the response he got while believing because of Steam, Hitech is willing to make the game more friendly for a new gamer generation. And is willing to do things other games have done that go with making a fake leveled playing field.
[ it's almost dead as you well know or you would have NEVER suggested going to steam.]
[Maybe because anyone who could have benefited from the idea quit after two weeks because the game was too complex as every mission was a suicide?]
[I say we need to be thinking about new players, and new players WILL WANT AI GUNNERS, at least until they are experts like you all.]
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And yes Fork, you poked the bear, you just didn't think Hitech has any right to talk back to you after you set him straight. Any of us 200 sycophants would have gotten rule# or PNG'd for a week or so if we wrote this to his face. But, after 15 years or so I know better. You got more than most people for your wish idea, Hitech telling you why he won't be doing it. That is more than most ever get for posting in the Wish List.
Maybe because anyone who could have benefited from the idea quit after two weeks because the game was too complex as every mission was a suicide?
Maybe no one has ever had the option?
Maybe after 17 years somebody is thinking outside the box? Just because no one ever requested the idea before makes it a bad one.
Maybe sayin in Mississippi in 1965 "no has complained about voting rights in 17 years" meant everything was just peachy keen.