Yep, the AI was the only reason i started playing FE on hard. I like a very good AI and think a weaker AI is boring, but hard means that the enemy stats are increased, too, and that part should be another difficulty setting.

Indeed

If you want to play against the AI at its strongest and still be fair (in that it isn't exactly cheating) play on Challenging. The AI is better and only gains a slight HP bonus, which imo is fine. The AI should be given an advantage to make up for the fact that it can not as of yet, think outside of the box. I place a mountain on a choke point and that is pretty much game. I can take all the time in the world to econ up and launch the steamroll when I am ready. That is on the same order of fair to the AI as the AI being able to see everything on the map is to us. I find the best way to play is to avoid the cheese.

Yes goods to see more posts on the crippled AI, fyi there is a post already about the AI here. Perhaps the more we can bump it and threads like this one, the more stardock will see it as a definite concern to be fixed.

https://forums.elementalgame.com/415706