Can you multi w/human and AI mix?

[digitalvudu]

I'm new on the forums, and I've played several of the TW games. My roommate and I used to play Rome with pitched multiplayer battles vs AI opponents.

However, MTW II won't let us fight anyone but each other. Is there any way of fixing this?

FYI, I have the MTWII Collector's Edition from the initial release, with no patches or updates installed, and I do not have the expansion pack.

Will a patch or the xpac fix this, or do I need to go buy Rome again?

[Armatus]

or do I need to go buy Rome again?

what do you do with it? I don't know anything about the xpac, but being able to play mp vs AI is not in M2 by default for real time battles.