Quote Originally Posted by econ21
But one quibble - is it really true the AI fleets win 1:1 encounters at higher difficulty levels? That was true in v1.0 RTW and was why I was reluctant to play above medium campaigns. But at some stage it was changed and I have not noticed an imbalance in naval battles even on VH campaigns (and since I play a lot of EB & RTR, I'd conclude that the change was implemented by 1.2).
I haven't really checked it after some naval disasters in 1.1; but since auto-calc is very much skewed in favour of the A.I. at VH campaign difficulty and naval battles are auto-calc I don't see why not. That said, it does feel better after 1.2, but this may be because I only engage at overwhelming odds. If the A.l. engages me, I always get trashed.