I'm wondering is it just me or other have been experiencing the same problem as well.

The AI takes forever to make decisions, and the game times out or crashes often during the AI's turn.

Yes i had the same problem with yesterday's hard trial (as did at least one other person i corresponded with).

Haven't tried today's yet.

Edit: Update! Just completed today's hard trial (used a Decay direct idol damage deck). It seemed normal. Hopefully yesterday's was just a fluke.

Yeah, same problem yesterday :/ once the AI gets lots of scrolls, it can take a while (or even get stuck).

It's a bug with Reaver's Treaty. I reported it on the bugtracker, but until it gets fixed don't play that scroll against the AI. (Or against other players, either, since another bug with it is it buffs units on both sides.)

I don't think the problem is with Reaver's Treaty. I played that scroll a lot with zero problem (on today's medium trial too). On July 18th when this thread was posted, there's no Reaver's Treaty either (the hard trial AI had 3 Verdant Remnants), which led me to believe that the problem probably has to do with the server itself.

I believe the (human) player had reaver's treaty in that trial. I remember building a deck based around energy/growth pillage units.

Hmm, that's weird. Maybe the bug only happens when certain units are on the board...? Idk, but I know Reaver's treaty is bugged, since every time I play it against the Hard AI it stops taking actions after a turn or two.

Today's trial had reaver's treaty again. The AI did start playing slow after a couple rounds, but it didn't stop or crash for me.

Yeah, Reaver's Treaty f'd things up for me on the hard trial today. Finally gave up when the AI was averaging about four minutes a turn when it only had one or two scrolls in it's hand. I doubt fixing a bug for a game that's going the way of the dodo is high on their priority list unfortunately.