1. World Of Warcraft

2. Gameplay GOOD Exploration Social Interaction Freedom
No need for mental engagement.
BAD
Lack of AI in NPC’s creates flat agents with no emotions or personalities.
Predictable agents.

3. AI Planning Limited to Bandwidth currently 56K.
Agents could be more “real”.
Reactive “AI” only at present.
Group Agent AI could be coordinated to offer a greater degree of integration.
AI team member creation capable of aiding teams (Henchman).

4. Technologies Mixed Initiative Planning
GOAP possibly based on processor and bandwidth.
Personality/Emotions for agents.
Scaled difficulty based on adaptive agents (mobs and henchman).
Interactive narrative for quests to provide a range of quests.

5. Incorporation
Client – Server would need attention to avoid system bottlenecks with overloaded servers processing complex planning techniques.
Technical knowledge required in development teams for aspects such as planning, scheduling and emotions.