I think the difficulty settings will be like Halo (For Xbox - never played the pc version) where the AI is much smarter at the difficutly you play. Ever play Halo on Heroic or Legendary; it just gets crazy insane, but it's a lot funner.
It could be that people just want to play the beta. Just because people are d/ling it doesn't make them a "Cheater". They just probably want to play it. I don't see the big deal in d/ling a "Beta". If it was the final version, then sure, but it's not. I remember when Warcraft 3 beta was...
I just got done watching that bink video and I noticed that the NPC guy on the crane shoots at the rocket when it's fired at him. That is pretty cool. I wonder if the NPC's can destroy the rockets if there's more then one NPC shooting at it? Its little touches like this that's going to make this...
Hate to say it, but: Released early = Warez'd early. IMO.
Look at doom3. Although I'll just wait and buy the boxed copy (Have my CE already pre-ordered) many people will probably d/l it off bit or NG's.
Hopefully I'm wrong.
I hate playing games where you have to have the CD in to play. UT2004 finally got smart and made it so you don't have to use a CD. I usually just download a nocd crack for the games I bought, just so I don't have to keep switching CD's.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
Ignore the "DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER". It's the same file that's being spread around everywhere else.