Maybe the Ai being harder isn't bad, but I think you should be able to get a cs non ranged unit that doesn't cost metal from cc and barracks. And maybe that is just my bad strategy, but I rely on them alot

Render consumes CPU each frame but without spikes. So if you have freezes then it's simulation if you have lower average FPS then it's render. I plan to reduce the render bottleneck in the future versions by moving it to separate threads.

Do you have V-Sync enabled?

Well p1 there is the spearman, they dont cost metal  P2 yes romes melee unit from barracks is sword and cost metal.... But again I think by the mid repulic they were really standardizing their army.   I do think AI is harder in our game, which is somewhat intended.  I think AI is too easy  Although I'm not sure what level you are playing on.  It might be good to play some MP games, we could play against the AI. 

Thanks for the explanation  What are your proposals regarding dedicated server functionality?  There are for sure bots inside the lobby such as moderationbot and wfg bot. Could we make the uff-bot an approved one too? I understand the concerns regarding privacy. However, I'm not sure why that is worse the current human hosts, who can obtain the IP address and GUID of all players who join