Quote Originally Posted by Dorkus
Playing on very hard in campaign mode, I lose almost every naval battle that is not overwhelmingly in my favor. I sent two second level ships and 1 first level ship against a single first level greek ship, and I lost the battle.

This is incredibly annoying. I assumed very hard increased enemy resources and AI. Did not know that it would make their ships near invulnerable.
Exactly. In MTW, building powerful fleets was a quick way to win. In RTW the opposite is true. Build ports, but avoid fleet warfare. I found that I couldn't build fast enough to make up the losses. Even when I won, I usually had more crew losses than the AI--effectively losing the economic war of attrition. It was a huge waste of money.

IDEA: They need a separate setting for naval AI difficulty. Right now it feels like it is about 4:1 on very hard.