So, I think the question above explains it all. How likely is it to be able to mod and expand or improve the barbarian AI now that Keen has dropped the game? I am not sure how far one would go and I could spit cool ideas out as much as the next guy, but without a multiplayer community, this game has little to no reason to play it.

SP survival is easy. Too easy. The AI is a laughing challenge. And while Keen might be happy with the game in this state, Ill say I am not and I bet others are not either. And with only two apparent servers left, I am trying to find other ways to enjoy this game with what it has.

But, there is only so much one can do.

So, to put some food for thought on the table, my ideas would start simple by letting the AI use crossbows. I have no idea how much further advanced the AI could get, but my ideal idea would be to get the AI to a point were it can be an ever growing threat.

I do not see my ideal idea working really because of how the game functions/loads data/the world. I mean, if it could do a thing like Avorion where ares you are not in will still "do" things in the background but not be shown to physically move or do anything until a player has entered the required radious to load the chunks/plots, I do not see anything coming close too it. Thoughts? Ideas? Anything?