NER House Rules
I think it is a good idea to have a thread for suggesting "House Rules" to play NER with. Obviously, the game is limited, and there is only so much the modders can do to make the AI play smarter and more "human" like. Also, even with NER playing on H/H, I mop the floor with my opponents if I use cheap tactics.
Therefore, I find it very much increases the fun to impose certain rules on myself.
Here's a few I can think of, feel free to comment and add your own.
Again, play the game you like, but I suggest the following to increase the challenge:
- If you screw up or lose a battle, just keep playing the game. No reloading saves for the best outcome. If you auto-calc a battle and lose, don't reload, just deal with it.
- No smash and leave tactic, ever. What I mean by this is, sometimes it's tempting to take a province from the enemy, loot it, destroy the buildings, and then just leave, letting the rebels or the original owner to take it back. This technique makes it way too easy to generate huge amounts of cash and really screw over the AI, who now has a worthless province to remedy back to health. In game terms, it takes one turn to destroy the buildings and MANY to rebuild, so don't do this to the AI.
-If playing Britain: No port raids on anybody. You can blockade them, but don't continually actually go into the port and thereby trash it. Not only does this stop the trade flow but it also means the AI has to A. Send troops to get your ships out, and B. actually repair the damaged port. This doesn't always happen, and the AI can't cope with you continously doing it, so let them keep it open.
-If playing Britain. Give France a two year safety period, and no attacks on Paris until that two years is over with.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy1973
