Difficulty settings

[Denixen]

So excited to play this mod however I do have one question. Which is the most appropriate difficulty settings? I remember in EB 1 it was recommended to play on Very Hard/ Very Hard because the AI simply sucked and would behave oddly otherwise. How does this apply to EB 2? I can't remember reading anything about it and it would be great to now from the start for the best experience.

Thanks for any answers in advance!

[I_damian]

Actually I think the recommended settings for EB2 were VH/M. Personally though I always played on H/M or even M/M. I played on M/M because in VH campaign difficulty the AI would spam you all day long with full stacks. I remember one Romani campaign where I fought literally 16 full stacks of Sweboz in one turn alone, then the next turn they had another 10 or so massing on my border. This was the point where I quit playing on VH and switched to M, except I imposed strict rules on myself, such as limiting my armies to 11 units only (a general and 10 fighting units) and stuff like that.

I'd say it's the same in EB2. AI will spam the hell out of you if you play on VH campaign. Start with H/M and see how you like it. I can assure you though that even on M battle difficulty the battles are still quite difficult. The AI is much better than in Rome 1/EB1.

[V.T. Marvin]

I would certainly recommend to use "medium" battles, but for campaign it might be better to use very hard so that the AI plays more aggressively and uses merceneries etc. Don't worry about stack spam - recruitment pools are NOT inexhaustible even for the AI and it seems generally much more reasonable and less treacherous than it used to be in RTW/EB1.

[Kull]

M/M is good for a slow roleplaying game. Lots of diplomacy options and you should have time to....take your time. VH is a little more traditional approach, but especially it's good for dangerous rebels.

[Constantius III]

VH is a little more traditional approach, but especially it's good for dangerous rebels.

I've seen quite the few dangerous rebels already in an M game; only 16 turns in and Gandhara has already lost Taksashila to the Eleutheroi.

[Denixen]

I see, after having played 11 turns as Rome I have had a very easy time fighting the enemy, Epeiros barely gave a challenge and haven't seen any rebels and my treasury is never short on money despite heavy recruitment, I might try M/H with Rome just to see if there is a difference, perhaps even H/H. Anyway, I wanted to see if there were some kind of established informal rule about it, but that doesn't seem to be the case, I guess it's trial and error.