This was an issue in previous versions and was also reported. Obviously no one fixed it yet.
OneBlackbird
You're not alone. I really wish they would've waited longer to release Elemental. It's very clearly unfinished and while it's playable, it is pretty much the same thing over and over. Just because a game can be played doesn't make it finished and this is what disappoints me the most. Had I known the game would be released as it is/was, I never would've dropped $50 on it and pre-ordered.
Yes, the autoresolve seems to make casters cast as many of the highest cost spells as possible. I had two sons with around 200 essence each and whenever I autoresolved, they would end up with 100 or 150 and eventually 0, which was incredibly annoying.
Just don't try to get him to give you any gold. I made this mistake with an AI player that had 0 gold. I thought "WOW, a bug that's actually going to temporarily make my game easier." Wrong. I ended up with -2218738716387683678128 gold.
A pirate raid blew up my orkulus star base with maxed out defense and weapons upgrades. I don't think I need to say anymore. Except maybe I do. I tried raiding a pirate base late-game when all my military research was finished with 35 skarovas enforcers and a level 10 kortul devastator and skirantra carrier. The devastator blew up in the first 10 seconds. The only way to seriously damage the pirates was to get the whole fleet to focus on one ship. O
I'm getting the same problem. I just downloaded Diplomacy and tried to set up an ICO game with a friend. He logged in fine, but I keep getting disconnects every time I try to log in. It happens on Entrenchment now and regular Sins too. Didn't have this issue before.