Uh... the guy JUST started playing, him taking that time in a huge map is not weird at all. You can do that? Congratulations. Do you want cookies? Besides, if he doesn't want to play like a clicky robot, but build a nice city with over 1000 units while waging war, he's free to do so (PC allowing). And then some ask "Why is the 0 A.D community so small?" 

Also, if you have a low end PC, you should reduce the quality of textures, models and shadows. If you set the shaders too high (7-10), try reducing that to around 2.

Honestly, the improvement in quality is insane.    

Historically accurate faces:   If you knew a little bit about extant Greek marble busts, you could definitely recognize these 3 figures. 

14 months later I'm getting results like this: