Ironman Rules

[Quietus]

I think there's actually a problem with hard or very hard battle settings being easier than medium since 1.2:

If you meant, the longer the battles the harder, then I disagree.

The longer the battles, the easier. A human player can flank much easier than the AI. The window for flanking is much smaller with quick melee.

Now if this is a regular RTS, then yes. But this is Total War, completely different.