which battle difficulty is most fair for me and the AI?

**guineawolf** · 03-21-2007, 17:08

which battle difficulty is most fair for me and the AI?

i mean which difficulty will add no combat and morale bonusto both sides???

(so i can play fairly enough...)

**redriver** · 03-21-2007, 17:09

medium

**guineawolf** · 03-22-2007, 01:41

really?coz i read from MTW FAQ that their medium difficulty still add some morale bonus to human player,i afraid that RTW will have same standard?

**Archer of Sparta** · 03-22-2007, 02:03

When I had vanilla I used to play on hard, it gives the AI some bonuses but doesn't make it that easy for you.

**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 03-22-2007, 08:16

Hi guineawolf,
Unfortunately, in this regard, Medieval: Total War is a completely different game to Rome: Total War. In Medieval: Total War no attack bonuses, morale penalties or fatigue penalties are granted to the AI or the player. Instead the AI is more or less intelligent based upon the difficulty settings - this made it, in a way, fair to both sides. However, in Rome, the AI is not effected by difficulty settings and, instead, on easy it grants you a bonus, on normal it grants no bonuses, on hard it grants the AI a small bonus and on very hard it grants the AI huge bonuses which are very unrealistic. So, with no bonuses or penalties to your or the AI Normal is the way to go. Hope this helps you, cheers!

**Dexter** · 03-22-2007, 08:41

if i may suggest, play 10 - 15 turns on hardest so if you manage to find the weak spots of the enemy you can play relatively easy on medium ...
my current campagne is on medium Julii - had lot of fun fighting the full gaul army ... needles to say who whom the battles :P

just a something i experienced ... wen attacking take only half as many man whit you as the enemy has .. the general will be called Victor in no time - i use largest unit size -

**caravel** · 03-22-2007, 11:23

Originally Posted by Omanes Alexandrapolites the Idiot

Hi guineawolf,
Unfortunately, in this regard, Medieval: Total War is a completely different game to Rome: Total War. In Medieval: Total War no attack bonuses, morale penalties or fatigue penalties are granted to the AI or the player. Instead the AI is more or less intelligent based upon the difficulty settings - this made it, in a way, fair to both sides.

In MTW there was a +1 morale bonus for the AI on expert and a +1 morale bonus for the player on easy. Apart from that there are supposed to be no other bonuses, but this is often debatable.

I play RTW battles on normal and MTW on hard, because I hate hidden bonuses either way.

As to the campaign difficulty it's on normal at present, what would people suggest?