Playing Battles on Medium

[fj62]

Does anyone find playing battles on medium difficulty too easy? I won nearly all battles, not counting naval engagements. I think AI needs a little boost, playing on Very hard can be almost impossible, but playing hard i found a nice balance. I when about 60-75% of battle, and sometimes get my ass handed to me, and sometimes pull a stunning upset. I find it much more fun with a challenge. Does everyone follow the recommended very hard campaign and medium battle? or some go with VH-H or even VH-VH?

[Pharnakes]

People do go as high as VH, VH, Neospartan in paticular is well know for his obstinate mausculinity in this.

Personaly, when I finnaly get my EB1.0 working, I will try playing on HH with fatigue off, as those who have tried this says the AI a chance, and gives the battles more importance in your campaign, as the are no longer garaunteed-insta wins.

[beatoangelico]

after my baktria campaign I would like to try a H/H one, I've already started a VH/M with the Romani, I'd like to see what is more balanced and challenging.
VH in battles can be quite frustrating even in vanilla TW so I don't bother for trying it in EB.

[Dayve]

I don't like battles on anything above medium... I like to zoom in and watch the action a lot, i like to let the lines thin before charging my cavalry around like madmen. On hard you can't do that, as soon as combat starts it's a frustrating click-fest. I would like to feel as though every battle counts in the mod, but it can never happen. Not because of EB... EB is the best R:TW can ever be, it won't get better than this, it's just the way the game was shipped, battles have no importance unless you're playing as Hayasdan or something equally as insanely difficult.

Even on VH/VH if you suffer a crushing defeat, what then? You raise a new army and go at it again. What happens if you get a heroic victory and destroy a powerful AI army? He raises a new one and sends it straight at you. At the end of it all, it turns out just as it would on VH/M.

Mind you, i did suffer rather a devastating loss today as Epeiros. I had Phyrros as my general with his 5 stars, a good army, trouble is i was facing 2 Makedonian armies with a 7 star general. Thanks to Sinhuet's formation modifications the AI actually tied up all of my units and then attacked my phalanxes from behing leaving me absolutely no choice but to sit and watch them be slaughtered.

So you see, VH/M doesn't always go the way you want it.

[Bava]

Medium+Generals camera+Fatigue off= very exciting battles

[johnhughthom]

Medium+Generals camera+Fatigue off= very exciting battles

Add in using a faction with foot generals and you got a good challenge.

[NeoSpartan]

People do go as high as VH, VH, Neospartan in paticular is well know for his obstinate mausculinity in this.
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Thanks Pharnakes!

Yep M is TOO easy. And Yes FATIGE OFF make battles WAY more fun since the AI doesn't tire its troops by running around.

HOWEVER, M with Fatige Off makes for really fun strick roleplaying games. So if you are into heavy roleplaying (usually with the Romani) then M with Fatige Off is best.

I've heard general camare is a good challange, I want to try it, but since I like watching my men fight from different angles and look at the scenery (like a mental screen shot) I can't bring myself to use it.

Now when you are NOT roleplaying Vh or H is best, depending on how much "unfair" u want to fight against the AI (bridges, high cliffs, etc) and depending on the faction ur playing too. (Aedui, Pontus, Hyastan [sp], etc are almost imposible in Vh, take fatige off and it can be imposible)


There is one thing I would like to point out about EB 1.0 that happens in the Western part of the map (not so sure about the east). The Eleutheroi are pretty strong, Rome won't get out of Italy intil 250some, its 228 and Sweboz have yet to break out of Central Europe. Also the Boii have a SUPER stack right around that town, and other Alpine celts have stacks protecting the towns. So... that has held up the AI expansion and my expansion.

(currently VH/H with Fatige Off, a little bit of roleplaying with no bridge battles, no high cliffs unless utterly outnumbered, and taking my time. As: Aedui )