Here's some AI self-play-test-results:
X-Com: 14 Soldiers, 1 Rifle, 2 Rifle Clips, 0 Grenades
Aliens: 11 SH Sectoids all no weapons
Reference game where I played XCom and AI was brutal:
X-Com KDR: infinity
Test 1: X-Com careful, Aliens brutal
X-Com KDR: infinity
Test 2: X-Com aggressive, Aliens brutal
X-Com KDR: infinity
Test 3: X-Com careful, Aliens brutal + omniscient
X-Com KDR: infinity
Test 4: X-Com aggressive, Aliens brutal + omniscient
X-Com KDR: infinity
Test 5: X-Com careful, Aliens base-AI
X-Com KDR: infinity
Test 6: X-com aggressive, Aliens base-AI
X-Com KDR: infinity
Conclusion:
base-AI is infinitely more difficult than Brutal-AI with no cheating.
base-AI is infinitely more difficult than Brutal-AI with omniscience.
Please forgive the obviously bad test case, it is meant as a joke and intentionally over-exaggerated to make a point that your test case is not much better
