Your starting difficulty level

[Oaty]

Just wondering what difficulty level everyone is planning to start at. For me normal normal.

I remember when I first got MTW someone said to start the game at expert level. Yeah right even though I was a shogun vet I feel that I would have lost my first campaign if I went above anything above normal. For 1 the gameplay was a bit different but learning the tech tree and not knowing the capabilities of the enemy and how units worked was a complicated task in itself. Well anyways I was just so use to walkin all over Japan so generals stars was never a big factor for me. So when I first ran into the Byzantines I thought Byzantine Lancers rocked,(not taking stars into account) then I read in these forums people sayin that they completey sucked and thats when I realized to look at the enemy generals stars

So just wondering where evryone is going to start being wimpy like me or going all out and let the comp throw at you evrything they got from the getgo

[Armchair Athlete]

normal campaign normal battles. For the first few games I just want to see the eye candy and sus out the features that were different to MTW and get a feel for the game. Then I will boost difficulty (once I have played all factions, including the 'non-playable').

[Jeanne d'arc]

All on normal for me though i am confident my first few games will be a disaster.They where when i played mtw for the first time.

[Colovion]

I can't wait to totally ruin Rome's domination of the Italian Penninsula by losing horribly to the Gauls my first few campaigns.

[Beelzebub]

expert/expert

I played MTW to death and was really good at it. Even if I can't handle RTW on this setting, I don't mind getting my ass kicked for a while learning it. It will be a refreshing change from MTW where I had to put restrictions on myself to keep the game remotely challenging.

[MiniKiller]

normal and normal

[bhutavarna]

i am a total war veteran... been playing since the series inception. EXPERT/EXPERT!

[octavian]

expert/expert

I played MTW to death and was really good at it. Even if I can't handle RTW on this setting, I don't mind getting my ass kicked for a while learning it. It will be a refreshing change from MTW where I had to put restrictions on myself to keep the game remotely challenging.

then why did you vote expert high

[Ellesthyan]

expert campaig normal battles. Im a zillion times better at the strategic part of totalwar then the battles themselves...

[Magraev]

I voted for normal/normal, but looking at the replies I might try hard/normal or even expert/normal If I feel I can handle it. The strategic part of MTW and STW were always the easiest for me.

It all depends on the balance. If I get thrashed repeatedly I'll lower the diff. and If it's a cakewalk I'll increase it.

[The_Emperor]

normal/normal to start with, if I find it too easy I'll crank it up higher.