[jutetrea]

So any idea for the actual mechanics?

I'd really just want to give them about 10k gold and 100-200 of each gem type, maybe even slaves. How about influencing their production via percentage? i.e. give them a 15% resource bonus, or even 25% since they don't really use SC's? Kind of a one-shot kick in the pants to see if they step up.

I've retired the game as I'm pretty much unstoppable, but maybe 200 gems of each type will allow them to knock some of my globals off, and the gold/resources might allow them to field more armies. The problem being, even then I could probably take em with my SCs or better gem production over time. I wouldn't want to limit myself (I like the high game, lots of gems lots of items), but what's the best way to buff the AI mid-longterm?