Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Definitive Word on Difficulties?

  1. #1
    Guest BrutalDictatorship's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Hudson Valley, New York
    Posts
    59

    Default Definitive Word on Difficulties?

    Ok...

    This is my question: Do we have a solid answer on what exactly is the most challenging difficulty setting to use in custom battles and in a campaign?

    I'm hearing that M/M is the avg challenge (of course) but what I don't exactly understand, due to the moral/charge bonuses is if I'd find a better campaign challenge with a VH campaign/ hard battles, VH campaign/VH battles etc...

    how about in custom battle set up?

    I'm about to start a campaign with a barbarian faction and would love to know the facts ahead of time...

    Thank you in advance

  2. #2
    Chief Biscuit Monitor Member professorspatula's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2004
    Location
    Inside a shoe.
    Posts
    1,158

    Default Re: Definitive Word on Difficulties?

    A thread about RTW's difficulty levels from just a couple of days ago is here:

    https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=49159

    As far as the campaign difficulty setting goes, Very hard is the most tricky, although mainly because in auto-calculated battles, the AI will get a massive advantage.
    Improving the TW Series one step at a time:

    BI Extra Hordes & Unlocked Factions Mod: Available here.

  3. #3
    Guest BrutalDictatorship's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Hudson Valley, New York
    Posts
    59

    Default Re: Definitive Word on Difficulties?

    thanks for the link...

    As for the info on VH campaigns: I never autoresolve battles...does this make a difference?

  4. #4
    Cynic Senior Member sapi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2004
    Location
    Brisbane
    Posts
    4,970

    Default Re: Definitive Word on Difficulties?

    Vh campaign M battle is the best.

    As for the info on VH campaigns: I never autoresolve battles...does this make a difference?
    Yes this is good as vh campaigns make autoreslove a lose-lose prospect.
    From wise men, O Lord, protect us -anon
    The death of one man is a tragedy; the death of millions, a statistic -Stalin
    We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area -UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer

  5. #5
    Thread killer Member Rodion Romanovich's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    The dark side
    Posts
    5,383

    Default Re: Definitive Word on Difficulties?

    I've played vh/vh since after my first 3 campaigns. It makes battles tricky because the AI is cheating with a morale bonus etc., so same units matched against each other means AI victory, which means you have to compensate that by extra heavy flanking measures etc. Medium or hard has a more realistic feeling, but the bad thing about those battles is that they're too easy due to the poor coordination of the AI troops. Therefore I tend to stick to vh just for the challenge, even though the tactics you're forced to use donn't necessarily make for realistic battles.
    Under construction...

    "In countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia and Norway, there is no separation of church and state." - HoreTore

  6. #6
    The Lord of Chaos Member ChaosLord's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    Posts
    388

    Default Re: Definitive Word on Difficulties?

    I've been playing VH/M since the stuff about difficulties in 1.2 came out. Didn't think it was worth it to play VH since all that would happen would be the battles speeding up. I'm wondering though, is R:TW like M:TW in that on higher difficulty levels, it gains a couple of tricks on or off the field? I heard from a friend that he experienced the AI being more active in blockading or such when on VH, but since alot of that could just be coincidence I figured i'd ask here while we were on the subject.

    So, with that mouthful out, anyone know?
    "Every good communist should know political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." - Mao tse-Tung

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Single Sign On provided by vBSSO