Regarding Difficulty level...

[Valion]

That's exactly the point why i always played Vh/Vh since i find my tactics very effective against the AI. In vanilla i always exploit the AI's weakness thus Vh/Vh became my standard but since i started playing EB i find that enemy units at Vh are quite hard to beat and seing people mentioned that even elite troops can get pumelled by skirmishers i considered M battle difficulty.

Before i posted this thread i played at Vh/Vh romani and always managed to gain some heroic victories but that given i had to use the terrain to my advantage and letting the AI come to me. even still i noticed a number of times that my triarii's getting routed by mercenaries >.> that is even when they have terrain advantage. So rather than waste my efforts in relentless battles that make my Elite troops into paper i rather strip the AI of it's bonuses and fight on even grounds.

With that said i would love to know if diplomacy is still possible in Vh campaign difficulty.. i don't mind battle every turn that way i don't get bored Lol.