Hey, thanks! I've never actually considered nerfing the AI - with the next update, I'll be improving it, so I might as well add an "easy" game option. Or at least make the "easy"-"normal"-"hard" actually affect the AI and not just the starting resources.
The second one, that's interesting. Did any of your heroes have the Planning skill? Just to try to figure out where the problem might lie. Thanks for the feedback and for playing! :D