It was like that in vanilla also... CA spent more time on graphics than... Well, anything else, and we have to suffer because of it. The only way the AI can ever be even a slight challenge is if they cheat.. And like someone said, they still do rediculous things even then...

Just as an example, and this is the funniest thing i have ever seen... A while back in vanilla, me being the Brutii, the Scipii lost Messana and had only Capua left... Many turns later i noticed they still only had Capua... I had a look to see wtf was up... What did i see? 5 full stack armies stoof outside Capua... They had built so many armies that they couldn't afford a fleet to do anything with them.