I'lll not lie to you, pizzzaman12
ESAI isn't very functional as yet. What ESAI does is to make commander AI more precise and more tactical.
But it requires individual map tweaks that weren't quite done in time for release. So it really wont change much.
But its a big deal to have it officially a part of the mod, since as I recall, it was much liked as an add-on.
We have new SP maps
We have working vehicles that werent working before in SP
we have working mg42 for instance, doesnt work in 2.4
We have all the new toys with ai.
We have Keren with AI with the working Hardy and Italian tank.
My personal favorites are the mg42 lafette which is now a true killer in maps it exists in,
the working AA guns i.e the quad .50 and Crusader AA,
and the working gabeltladung. Now the NA Axis have a way to deal with Allied armor.
There was more things I'd have loved to get in, but sadly, time and rl constraints didnt make this possible.
But rest assured, SP isn't dead - or dying. You have its most fanatical advocate in the Beta testing team, so there is always someone to wine, dine, coax or coerce to get SP done.
Like you, I have a wishlist too. And I'm working on it - Not least of which is getting SP for the 2 new maps, especially Sidi Bou Zid with all its new toys and open desert combat. Should be a more interesting Alam Halfa, Alamein when its done.