Quote Originally Posted by Dayve
When playing VH/M i have literally had 1 enemy trireme with no experience but just a weapon upgrade, defeat 5 of my triremes all with experience... For this reason i play on hard, at least it gives me a chance in naval battles.
That was a problem with 1.0, but I think they stopped VH campaign affecting naval battles by 1.2. I've not noticed it as a problem with EB and RTR Gold, and I've played them a fair bit.

The main problem I have with VH campaigns in EB is that the large stacks can lead to depopulated AI settlements.