Okay based on my own testing, I noticed that on AI difficulties like Normal and Challenging, the AI players do get bonuses in gold (with an income of 0 at the start, they are constantly getting 5 gold per turn). This is a little weird as Challenging was described as the highest difficulty without the AI getting bonuses.
Is there an xml file I can modify to remove these bonuses (I'm quite curious to see how the AI would fare).
I also have a suspicion (but I haven't been able to confirm) that the AI gets bonus exp for their battles as well. I mean, the AI can take down a bear and reach level 2 immediately? Though this does compensate for their occasionally bizarre hero building choices. Is there a way to remove these as well?
Thanks!