Getting that sinking feeling...

**Vlad Tzepes** · 11-04-2009, 14:36

I'm sorry to say, but even in Hard BAI setting one 120 men Line Infantry (with no rank-fire) behind a palisade is being outshot by a 120 men pirate mob, standing right in the open.

**Fisherking** · 11-04-2009, 14:45

No one I know of has found what the battle field bonuses are for the AI.

Also it is funny that these are the pirate version of firelock citizenry.

**Prussian to the Iron** · 11-04-2009, 19:11

thats cuz you have it backwards:

you should have VH campaign, and normal battle difficulty.

**A1_Unit** · 11-04-2009, 20:03

From what I've heard VH campaign difficulty is RAGE mode.

**Prussian to the Iron** · 11-04-2009, 20:10

........well VH battle is like A.I. uber cheat mode......

so hwy not just do normal everything? the ai gets no smarter in H or VH in either category.

**Vlad Tzepes** · 11-04-2009, 22:16

Let me tell you the consequences of Hard setting for campaign map, as Spain. You all know, of course, that the Spanish Empire starts with that "freak of nature" king that gets you something like -20 prestige and -4 management... or something.

It's now 1730 and, by God, everybody hates my guts, I get DOW'ed basically every year by any faction bored enough, I can't get any decent trade agreement, not without heavily paying in techs, as I don't make more than 3K/turn.

A major part of my income comes from capturing enemy ships and selling techs (though this one is tricky, only a few would accept).

I've been sea-invaded by GB, UP, Maratha. Portugal is gone, France busted by Savoy (which, obviously, is at war with me). I manage to get 2-3 years of peace in exchange for some region, then they DOW again. I cannot field more than one army in the Americas and one in Europe. My fleet consists of six 5 rates, in 3 separate stacks (and a few tradeships in some theaters).

My goal was to keep the absolutist monarchy until that freak would finally die, but I've had enough. I'm starting a revolution and switching to republic.

I'm telling you, this has been the most exhausting (prestige) campaign yet. I'm like a plumber trying to stop a river with a sifter.

It's sort of fun

**Braden** · 11-05-2009, 12:23

I started with a VH/VH set campaign as France and although it was “workable” it got to the same point where in one turn just about everyone DoW’d me…even countries I’d had little or no contact with AND didn’t have treaty’s with those who had DoW’d!!

I went to a republic…thought “Hell, everyone hates me anyway” and that really shafted me as the Ai started blockading trade routes AND ports!

Gave up with that as it was just illogical

I’m going to try a Normal campaign and Hard battle set long campaign as France using the FoW & Protectorate Mod (removes FoW = bad but gives Protectorates from turn two = good) and see how that goes.

I’d like to get to a position where I can change to a republic about midway through the game (i.e. 1750-70). So, I’m not aiming to rush the Ai.

Did a test run (only to turn 10) and the Normal campaign setting seems more logical but might still be too weak now. I asked for trade rights with Wuttemberg and Westpailier (spelling) but they WANTED military alliances!?! So, some testing might be in order here as Normal might be too far the other way.

Battle setting wasn’t tested that much by me, only had one naval battle and that was my 6th rate against a pirate fleet of four galleons. I lost of course.