I hate to say it but I think this is is still going on. Sample local game this morning...
Enemy had to climb twice to get to my altitude. Once there the enemy leader was able to Maneuver, Maneuver, Fire, Barrel Roll, Barrel Roll, Ace in the same round in which he climbed. Next round the enemy leader played another four cards. I do not have the stats for the 109 in front of me but that seems like a lot of cards being played by one pilot.
The wingmen seem to be almost as bad yet my wingmen spend half the battle doing nothing as they are not getting any cards. There have been too many turns where the wingmen get their turn, get to select a target, but no cards appear in the box. I have played the card game for many years and I do not recall a rule where the wingman does not get to draw cards. Maybe this is part of that wingman bug and if so maybe that is why I am getting walked on by the demo, half of my group is unable to contrbute.
I am also concerned by what seems to be a tendancy for the AI to have just what it needs in turn after turn after turn. I have been wiating for this to be released since I first ran across a link to the site but right now I just can't see spending the cash as there seems to be bugs that are really ripping the game balance apart.
Skeksis