am i just a really bad player...

[Olm]

Originally Posted by Bananadine

(In the short term, an easy improvement to make is to increase PD as much as possible in any province that is likely to remain on your border for a long while. 125 PD is a very very poor investment when you're playing against humans, because one well-dressed commander can defeat it, but against the AI it will do rather well, especially if you back it up with some standing mages of your own.)

You put nearly 8000gp in PD of one province?
I'd say thats even a poor investment against AI.
And it doesn't teach you real tactics.