recommended difficulty settings

[Dayve]

I play on VH/H and the land battle AI is as dumb as a post. The naval AI is fantastic though! I still lose battles even when i outnumber and my ships outclass the enemy, which is strange really because i have ships like galleons (not galleys, galleons) exchanging fire with ships with less firepower and less hull strength, but my galleon still sinks first.

[Hooahguy]

so from what i hear hard battles and very hard campaign sounds ok?

[Eusebius86]

so from what i hear hard battles and very hard campaign sounds ok?

VH campaign if you're prepared for factions with 1 city to develop full stacks in 2 turns, even when every one of their villages are besieges... but yeah, H battle difficulty is a good balance. Some stat stacking, but enough to balance out better human tactics.