they need to say why you're being attacked! i get attacked way to many times! just because my military sucks, doesn't mean that the AI should attack you automatically. what the crap is normal difficulty? its the hardest difficulty i've ever played in a strategy game before. normal should not be where within 100 weeks your being attacked. also, the ai cheats with its techs. you go to trade with them, thay have laser 5 technology, along with about 20 other high techs, soil enhancement, etc... its ridiculous. in civ 4, you can see why other civs hate you. they ought to do the same here. and normal difficulty ought to be way easier, when you're attacked, it should be because you've had a low military for a long time, but instead, they attack you after 100 turns, not a very long time in the game. another thing is that there is no LAN multiplayer! WTF! is it that hard just to allow you and a friend to play multiplayer. most good games that come out have some form of multiplayer, like civ 4, half life 2, and a host of other games. this game needs it. so to the developers, make this game more friendly to casual gamers, not nerds who spend hours at the computer, and who could beat this with their eyes closed!