hello and welcome back! :hello:

well the recommended settings are VH/M or H/M - if you like to have a challenge in the battles then try H or VH battle-difficulty. In EB the difference in Campaign-AI lies mostly in the scripted support-money for the AI-factions and their bias against you. On VH you will never have a breath with a faction bordering you - and because they get 10k extra money via script, they will spam-elite-stack you.

If you like to play slow, I recommend to expand only slow and take H/M settings with the additional ForceDiplomacy minimod (to be foudable in the Submod-section). Then you can either roleplay or play as historically as you want without being forced to fight a fullstack each and every round.

Ahh and if you're new: Activate the script. without, this mod isn't EB Now to the factions: I think you should take your own one because you'll hear thousends of proposals. Personally, I enjoyed Arverni/westernGreek/Pontus-Campaigns the most so far.

Have fun and keep us updated to the progress. Ohh and don't wonder about -30k dept in the first 10 rounds. just build your economy and abadon cavallery - you have your FM's for the job unless you've choosen KH or Saba or Sweboz.