Difficulty is fine with me as long as it's fair. If the CPU beats me because it made better adjustments than I did and out-schemed me then that will only make me want to get better so I can win the next one. I just hope the CPU doesn't do things to start cheating you in order to increase the difficulty. But as long as it's fair, playing a difficult opponent will keep bringing me back. I can't hardly play the CPU in 09 anymore because I already know that I'm going to beat them, so what's the point? In fact, I'm not sure you can make a game too difficult for me, because as long as I know the CPU can beat me, there's still a challenge to the game. I don't want a game that once I've got it down, winning becomes routine. It should be a challenge every time you play a game. It sounds like this new adaptive AI will go a long ways toward achieving that.