Quote Originally Posted by Slaists View Post
By the way, TinCow, how do you find playing VH battle difficulty? For me, the fact that armed citizenry can beat the pulp out of my line infantry in a straight one-on one fight takes a bit away from tactical enjoyment, similar how in RTW VH difficulty level allowed light cavalry to annihilate spears and phalanxes...
I like it, but I don't have much frame of reference, since I've played all my games on VH/VH except for the first, which was H/H. I don't find myself getting beaten up unfairly at all, let alone by firelock mobs. Those guys still have glass jaw morale and can be easily taken by militia or line infantry in my games. Even on VH, enemy units don't last long under flanking fire.

The only thing I have to be cautious of is bringing the right tools for the job. If I'm heavily outnumbered or outgunned, I can lose battles, particularly early on when I haven't teched up my units. If I take the time to build up a proper, balanced army and make my campaign map movements carefully, I win more often than I lose.

I should note thought that I love losing. I pretty much never lost a battle in RTW and M2TW. In ETW, I lose multiple battles in every campaign I play. Every time it happens, my first reaction is shock, followed quickly by glee as I realize that my plans have all been shot and I've got a real challenge on my hands. In the UP campaign I'm playing now, it's a prestige game and I'm not going to win. I've finally achieved a very strong military and economic position, but my prestige score is maybe 1/4 of the leader's. I doubt I'll make up that ground in the time remaining. That makes me happy. The only other campaign I've ever lost in TW was a MTW France Glorious Achievements campaign where I failed to build the Krak des Chevaliers in time.

Winning all the time is boring to me. Games are far more fun when victory is not certain every time you boot up the game.