Difference between Hard and Expert?

[Richard the Slayer]

Has anyone seen a noticable difference between Hard level and Expert for the single player campaign?

[Yoko Kono]

the ai gets a +4 morale bonus in battlesw but i cant see any differences on campaign map

[Puzz3D]

longjohn2
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posted 10-01-2002 06:35 PM
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I can't comment on the strat map.

On the battle map, the a.i. gets progressively better up to hard level. On expert level, the only behaviour difference I can think of, is that it gets a bit more leeway to camp near the map edge if a suitable position is available.

The combat strength of the a.i. units is affected by the difficulty level.
On easy its combat effectiveness is reduced by 30-40% (can't remember the exact figure).
On hard it's increased by 10-15%, and on expert its 30%. 30% being around 75% of the increase you'd get from 1 valour upgrade.
Additionally it gets +4 morale on expert, and the player gets +4 on easy.

[muffinman14]

The AI diffently brings a couple of new suprises on expert like ambushing u and flanking u alot more.

[Papa Bear!]

I wish we could adjust the 2 seperately, I tend to hate artificial difficulty increases, (the ai gets to build faster/cheaper/morale bonuses, etc.)...

I would prefer to be able to fight them on even ground, with their highest degree of intellegience. It just caters to my play style better, (I always play with at least a little ironman in my diet), but more importantly I try to roleplay alot.
I'd like to have to deal with ambushes, etc... but not armies that refuse to retreat until their wiped out. (that adds a degree of difficulty that, combined with my play style, makes things too difficult for me).. Systems like that almost force you to play aggressively... if you know you wont be able to just hold on as the spaniards and launch cruades to distnant lands, then you have no choice but to assimilate the almohads...

I had the same problem with the turks.

anybody think this can be modded? or adjusted in some other way?

[Coeur De Lion]

hmm i never notice no differance flanking the ai always goes to one corner of the map its really annoys me.

one question though it says if you play france its a level harder then you pick if i pick expert does that mean ai will be better the expert http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Coeur De Lion

[Papa Bear!]

In my experience, no.

Intuitively guessing from the information I've gathered on the varying difficulty levels, no.


Those difficulty indicators are just info to give you a feel for what you're in for, I think.