I’m a big fan of the Age of Empires and Age of Mythology game series, but I probably lack natural talent. My micro-management in games is pretty poor. I always get flustered when I have to manage construction and command battles at the same time.
I think there are quite a lot of players like me. Nowadays, AI is widely used everywhere, so I believe games could absolutely have a built-in AI assistant to help players with in-game operations. For many gamers, no matter how well-designed the shortcut keys are, nothing beats simply telling the computer: train 10 heavy cavalry and station them near the castle, produce 20 villagers and advance to the Second Age as soon as possible…