Short answer: No, I don't think MTW is too easy.

Slightly longer answer: While I don't find it overly easy, neither do I find it severely difficult as a general rule (although there's always the occasional exception, where you have a campaign that really has you sweating). You play *any* game long enough, and you're eventually going to develop a feel for what works and what doesn't, what actions your opponents are likely to take (and how you can best deal with them), etc.

Of course with MTW specifically, it also depends on which faction you are and which campaign you're playing -- especially if you have Viking Invasion and/or any mods installed. In the main campaign, factions like Aragon, the Turks, Polish, and the HRE can usually be relied on to provide a decent challenge for most players. In the Viking campaign, a lot of people find the Scots, Welsh, Picts, and/or even Northumbrians to be rather challenging. Anyone who's played the XL Mod can tell you that the Armenians, Irish, Portuguese, and Volga-Bulgarians are all pretty brutal.

In the end, I personally find MTW's difficulty curve to be just about right -- neither too easy nor too hard.


Quote Originally Posted by cambovenzi View Post
i thought about using a mod, but that seems rather complicated.
Not at all, cambovenzi. I'm about as "computer-stupid" as they come, and I've never had any problems downloading and installing mods for MTW/VI.

There are several very fine mods available for the game, and you owe it to yourself to try out at least a couple of them. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.