[Civilian AI]

I've been in quite a few of those missions where the friendly, armed AI has done something heroic and I've wished to recruit that specific guy into my Xenonaut Squad.

Likewise. I mean, you can pretend that you gave him an application form before flying off and he's in the next pool of recruits, but still.

[Civilian AI]

It used to be even worse. They used to seek out small, enclosed places to hide in...and sadly, the interior of a UFO is a small, enclosed space. You can probably see where I'm going with this.

Heh.

Hypothetically (as I haven't seen the source code) would it be possible to re-enable this behaviour but make the UFO a "do not seek" zone?

[Will a multiplayer mode ever be added?]

Hey, co-op hot seat multiplayer already exists! Just split control of the soldiers between you and your buddies.