Most realistic difficulty level?

[Veho Nex]

Hi, welcome to the forum.

Well none really... But Vh is a good challenge. If you want realism I recomend you check out some of the mods.

[TevashSzat]

Well, I personally found the AI to be too easy and its not that bad even on VH/VH. It really isn't that hard at all as long as you are half decent at commanding battles on the battle map

[Monsieur Alphonse]

Battles: very hard. You fight on equal terms with the AI.

Campaign: medium or hard. On very hard diplomacy isn't working and the AI faction's attacks like madmen weakening their own position. Once you have beaten them back it becomes very easy. You will notice that at the time when you have late units the AI still has town militia and so on. On medium or hard the AI is more cautious and upgrades its castles and cities better which gives it a better chance to train better armies.

[Yoyoma1910]

I agree whole heartedly with Monsieur Alphonse.


VH/M or H.

It depends if I want to try and collect Vassals (M) or annihilate the opponents who cross me (H).

[Thermal]

battles hard campaign normal, however if u add moneys to the EDB (i.e extra tax and stuff) i would put campiagn on hard, as computer spend wildly on hard, but if they have the finance, they won't go bankupt with it

[MStumm]

I am having a good time on VH/VH right now as the Byz. Everyone hates me and wants to invade me, and I always have to be on the lookout, so its been great. I do have to keep large garrisons this time around, so I've been unable to spread like the scourge all over the world so far.

Why do you want realistic difficulty, when the fun one is better I think?

[Fookison]

I find myself playing mostly with a Medium Campaign and Very Hard Battles to get the most satisfaction out of games.... That is my preference for a balanced game.