[JimMorrison]

Also, if on harder difficulties many people are already seeing Hinnom fumbling around in SP, then "tuning" them with even subtle nerfs intended for MP, may just compound that problem. Of course, I'm having trouble figuring out what might be different about them, that the AI underperforms even against itself. (I'd like to note, many of my recent test games, Hinnom or Ashdod take off like crazy.) I'd be willing to bet it has to do with the AI's propensity for cheap indie troops though, as Hinnom's strength is based off of their incredible national troops (and if they lag in castles, that will have the obvious effect on that).