(Highland, Medium, 2 player) Me Britons, him Celts
Gothmog II reached Feudal in under 6 minutes. Castle in a little over 10. Imperial in just over 18. I had just reached Castle when it played its arrogant and pompous music, announcing that it had gotten to imperial (or so I conjectured). Moments after, his cavaliers, pikes, and siege stormed my early castle base. Then I recieved a notice that he had all 4 relics. After that, I had enough and started typing "how do you turn this on" repeatedly.
His villager high during the game was a mere 30.
Resource cheating for AI can be something to complain about, but it can also make for an unrealistically challenging game, forcing you to pool your mental and strategic (and cheating) resources to the extreme. Hopefully, Gothmog will be able to tone down the cheating a little, and give us a slightly more realistic ai. I would love to play against Gothmog II in a 2 and two game: Myself and Gothmog II against Slak Bot and Gothmog II. That would be slightly less distressing.
This AI opponent (downloadable when the Blacksmith gets back online) is a force to be reckoned with. Experts beware: he cheats. He plays dirty. I love him.