Wondering what difficulty people choose usually...

[Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom]

Im curious about what compaign and battle difficulty is 'recomended' to use. I want to play a good difficulty but not where the AI get unrealistic attribute modifiers? So Eg: playing as the Romans I know there quite good and its not a real struggle what you people normally choose?

[Clegane]

The official recommendation is to pay with the Campaign set to Very Hard and the Battles set to Medium.
Those are the parameters that the game is balanced for, according to the FAQ.

[Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom]

The official recommendation is to pay with the Campaign set to Very Hard and the Battles set to Medium.
Those are the parameters that the game is balanced for, according to the FAQ.

Ah ok thanx clegane. I always see people complaining about how it can be to easy. lol why is i always have hard campaigns. I guess i expand too rapidly..

[stratigos vasilios]

I tried M/M at the beginning, then VH/M, then I got too cocky and tried VH/VH... and now I'm back to VH/M.

[Julianus]

I heared that at M campaign difficulty the AI won't hire mercenaries, has this been confirmed?

[Ludens]

The official recommendation for campaign difficulty is VH because it makes the Eleutheroi more aggressive and the A.I. gets an extra cash bonus. However, many people prefer H because it makes the diplomatic A.I. less rabid. At VH, the A.I. will start to dislike the player very quickly.

Battle difficulties higher than M are only for those who do not mind the A.I. troops getting ridiculous bonuses (IIRC it is +4 attack at H, and +7 attack and +3 defence at VH).

[FriendlyFire]

I heared that at M campaign difficulty the AI won't hire mercenaries, has this been confirmed?

It's very, very rare. In a M/M Koinon Hellenon campaign using BI I've fought against some mercenary phalangites in an Epeirote army, but that was when I was about to take their capital Ambrakia. I didn't see any other mercenaries in 25 years of campaigning.