VH battle difficulty

**Pietrak** · August 20, 2009, 03:46 PM

So what exactly does it do, except giving the enemy a big morale boost? At least in vannila.

**Olifantenstaart** · August 20, 2009, 04:00 PM

Good question. Things I know:

morale boost
AI: in stead of charging you head on, the enemy surrounds you when possible.
AI: when you attack, the enemy doesn't simply sit back. When vulnerable troops are too far in front, the AI is quick to send some cavalry in.
(not sure about this one) Enemy cavalry makes far better use of the charge effect - retreat, charge, retreat, charge, ...

**HolyDevil** · August 20, 2009, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Olifantenstaart

Good question. Things I know:

morale boost
AI: in stead of charging you head on, the enemy surrounds you when possible.
AI: when you attack, the enemy doesn't simply sit back. When vulnerable troops are too far in front, the AI is quick to send some cavalry in.
(not sure about this one) Enemy cavalry makes far better use of the charge effect - retreat, charge, retreat, charge, ...

i see this even if u play in easy battle mode, and same in VH, and it uses mostly generals, and they are deadly doing this, well more of a pain in the "the-one-u-know", since it causes more unecessary casualties...

**brymht** · August 20, 2009, 06:37 PM

Wait, doesn't VH battle difficulty just give insane attack and defense bonuses to AI?

**decimator22** · August 20, 2009, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by brymht

Wait, doesn't VH battle difficulty just give insane attack and defense bonuses to AI?

No that is only in RTW and ETW. In campaign it makes the AI factions hate you. Each turn you will lose reputation with them and it also gives them 10000 florins.

**gingerbill** · August 20, 2009, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by Olifantenstaart

Good question. Things I know:

morale boost
AI: in stead of charging you head on, the enemy surrounds you when possible.
AI: when you attack, the enemy doesn't simply sit back. When vulnerable troops are too far in front, the AI is quick to send some cavalry in.
(not sure about this one) Enemy cavalry makes far better use of the charge effect - retreat, charge, retreat, charge, ...

As far as i know this isnt true , the difficulty settings doesn't improve the AI at all , in battles it just makes there troops tougher .

**Olifantenstaart** · August 21, 2009, 03:43 AM

Originally Posted by gingerbill

As far as i know this isnt true , the difficulty settings doesn't improve the AI at all , in battles it just makes there troops tougher .

Lol I read this a while ago on a renowned gaming site, don't remember the name. If this indeed isn't true, that would be a shame

Personally, I prefer hard campaign difficulty over hard battle difficulty

**Shifty11** · August 21, 2009, 05:59 AM

its a piece of piss anyway. The games not very challenging more or less every battle i play is a reinactment of agincourt

**P|A|ntZ** · August 21, 2009, 03:07 PM

For battle difficulty, it's just morale bonuses. Same AI is used at all battle difficulties.

**Arthur Artorius** · August 20, 2009, 08:11 PM

... so basically the AI gets to cheat? thats lame

**Andrik** · August 20, 2009, 08:15 PM

Well, if it is cheating...then it sucks at cheating even!

It is still seemingly too easy to route an enemy unit simply by engaging it in the front and then hitting it in the side.

What I have noticed is a lot of enemy units "fight to the death" now instead of routing. Even then they die very quickly though.

**Dava2710** · August 21, 2009, 03:17 AM

Originally Posted by Andrik

Well, if it is cheating...then it sucks at cheating even!

It is still seemingly too easy to route an enemy unit simply by engaging it in the front and then hitting it in the side.

What I have noticed is a lot of enemy units "fight to the death" now instead of routing. Even then they die very quickly though.

exactly. It's pretty anoying when enemies are shaken even before they get close enough to fight melee. They are acting very cowardly