Thanks folks. Been playing either vp or dom win, and with higher lvl opponents. Its been a lot more interesting, unless I get an actual corner I'm usually in combat pretty quickly.
Is there anywhere in the manual where it goes over what the varying difficulty levels give to the AI? Will generally play a few hours on a faerun map, 10 players, 3 difficult, 1 mighty - seems like a big difference even with just 4 buffed AI. Been playing this game for quite awhile, MA Van for the first time - fun. Met 6/9 so far, 5 of which are at war with me
So, tougher opponents = more interesting, dom/vp conditions = attainable goals.