Discussion about the game's artificial intelligence.

This isn't cheating; he simply has more resources at the start. Also, on many maps, when playing against the AI, you should be building both a Capitol and a Castle by the third week.

However, for the AI on "Hero" difficulty to be building Black Dragons and other level 7 creatures by the third week... Yes, the AI has 30 units of wood and ore, 15 units of rare resources, and 30,000 gold at the start.