Dom3 made choices favoring multiplay which damaged solo play.
CoE3 tends to make choices favoring solo play over multiplay.
However there are map commands which can be used to create a better MP environment. I suspect some of those would be done fairly soon after release
The AI does well on teaming. Altho it is best to select nations which do not have the same resource requirements or they can get grabby.
(but that can be true with human players also)
