Battle difficulty

[anubis88]

I know this has been debated much in the past, and has even gotten me to stop playing on VH/VH, becouse of the boost that the AI gets.
But i'm wondering exactly how much boost does it get?
I mean i don't believe that the AI gets + 7 attack and defense. If they did a victory on very hard without cavalry would be practily impossible to achieve.
But from my experience i won many battles on VH when my mediocre units held long enough and gave a pretty rough time to the enemys elites, so that i could win the battle with human brains.

So i'm wondering if there is a de facto proof about the difficulty levels.
Consider this an Ulitmate answer(if anyone knows it for sure), so this is never asked again.

Thanks

P.S it never happend to me in my VH campaigns that enemy levies defeat my top units (as stated in the FAQ)

[Watchman]

IIRC it was +7 attack and morale, and +4 on H.

[LorDBulA]

[quoteSo] i'm wondering if there is a de facto proof about the difficulty levels.[/quote]

You can test it yourself. Just fire up custom battle and make a fight on even ground between two identical units. Look what happens on different diff levels.

Just take note that in some RTW version Custom battle difficulty didnt work ( I dont remember on what version ).

But it works on campagne map. I used to play H battles but I switched to M now and difference is very noticeable.
Battles are just to easy so I use General Camera. It really increases difficulty of big battles.

[PershsNhpios]

Enough of a boost that Apeleutheroi can wipe out Imperial Legions.

[Parallel Pain]

They get no defense bonus. If they did my Saka Empire wouldn't be standing.