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    Wandering Metsuke Senior Member Zim's Avatar
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    Default What difficulty do you play at?

    Been playing EB for a week so far and loving it. I was just curious what difficulty people are playing at. I know the recommended difficulty is VH/M but I noticed in some of the AARs and unofficial guides the op says they're playing something else(like VH/VH or M/M).

    I played my first long campaign as the Arverni at VH/M, and while it was tough in the beginning, it doesn't seem too bad now. The AI usually has more men than me, but not the endless stacks I'd expect from vanilla VH campaign level.
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    Default Re: What difficulty do you play at?

    Play it VH/H. VH in battles gives the AI to much of a ridiculous bonus - sometimes a unit of akontistai will route elite troops head-on. Bear in mind the game is designed for VH/M.



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    Default Re: What difficulty do you play at?

    Depends on the faction, Romani I'll do H or VH campaign, H battle, for those I'm relatively familiar with, H/M and for those I've just started playing since the new version added enough to make them playable, M/M.

    I haven't tried a VH campaign since .7x however, since I did it as the ptolemies once and I lost within 10 years because I couldn't consolidate my forces to stand a chance fighting back and they kept sieging my cities, all the meanwhile seleukia was chomping down on me so no help from the east.

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    Wandering Metsuke Senior Member Zim's Avatar
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    Default Re: What difficulty do you play at?

    My Averni campaign has been fine at VH/M, but I'm going to be trying a KH campaign tonight. I've been wondering if I should lower the campaign difficulty.

    To Sarcasm: I've noticed that, too. Does the hard battle difficulty make a big difference? I played that way with Arthurian: Total War, and it made the computer more of a challenge without making unit match ups too bad. Probably because the defense stats were upped so much.

    I might give H/H a try, then start playing VH/H if it isn't too bad.
    Last edited by Zim; 01-30-2007 at 05:44.
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    Default Re: What difficulty do you play at?

    VH/VH i believe, i don't think the advantages are as noticable on normal fiends then they are on walls and in gates but overal its survivable typically. I typically only use small elite armies so it matches it up a little
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    Default Re: What difficulty do you play at?

    I have played H/M and are now trying WH/M

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