Once again thx for your reply guys,, unfortunately all these reasons you give still don't really explain why skirmish was not included,, you say it inst comparable but really there is nothing to stop you adding skirmish modes if you really thought about it, just because you haven't figured out yet dosent mean that it cant be done.

Regardless or not of weather 'you' think this game dosent lend its-self to multiplayer skirmish does not make it necessarily true!!

This is 2011 ffs and multiplayer is the pinnacle of the gaming experience!!,, people don't want to play on their own thru single player missions over and over these days, and not everybody wants to play MP online,, you must know this?

So why make a game primarily for the single player missions?,, you game will only last 5 mins at this rate!!

My original question was about longevity,, i still cant see whats gonna make this game playable after say oh,, about a week?? unless the plan is to milk us with DLC?

To add Skirmish,, for a start a simple flag capture system like MOW-AS with resources would work!!

So why couldn't you employ this system or similar? there dosent have to be base building, so that's no excuse,, you say the tactics don't lend themselves,, well,, again,, that's no excuse,, this is war,, we fight for territory,, we move forward,, we push the enemy back,, the enemy does the same,, it worked in 'AS' guys,,,, so your excuses will never convince me otherwise.

The players,, us,, are not stupid,, we know what we want in our games,, listening to your fan base would be a smart move!

Modders,, fans of 'Skirmish',,, if anybody is making a Skirmish based mod then if you want extra help gimme a shout!