Thank you for the fast replies. By bots/AI I mean the NPCs you command in the battle.
I myself am more MMO-oriented player and I'd love to see a server with thousands of players that start and build their castles together by gathering woods, stones etc, while leveling their combat skills and eventually creating tribes and fighting/conquering others. But it seems the game doesn't plan for something like this?
From your answers I understand there's no character leveling in multiplayer, which means the multiplayer is more arcade than grindy, right?