Hotseat difficulty

**SonofPeverel** · June 30, 2011, 07:12 PM

I have looked through some similar threads from the past (2009 and 2010). Does anyone know how to fix the hotseat difficulty from changing from Vh to M? also is there anyway to change difficulty in game?
Thanks and sorry if this is in the wrong place
SoP

**Seshomaru** · July 02, 2011, 02:20 PM

from what i know you can't change dificulty in game but yes you can change it before start hotseat

**bɑne** · July 02, 2011, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Seshomaru

from what i know you can't change dificulty in game but yes you can change it before start hotseat

The issue is that it seems to default to medium from very hard after the first turn

**SonofPeverel** · July 03, 2011, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by bane_tw

The issue is that it seems to default to medium from very hard after the first turn

Yes this is correct and i still cannot play on vh

**Ichon** · July 03, 2011, 10:23 PM

I wondered about that... playing in my first HS and the AI seemed crazy easy- by turn 20 most of the AI factions were dead or had only gained 1 or 2 regions with rebels still alive right next to AI's capitol. On VH the rebel regions usually disappear by turn 15 and AI's are bringing large armies into neighboring lands.

**SonofPeverel** · July 03, 2011, 11:06 PM

it turns to medium on the second players turn...vh turns to med...h turns to med...and easy turns to med so idk..its worth some rep if someone can fix it

**bɑne** · July 04, 2011, 03:47 AM

Someone claimed that the issue wasn't present in 6.2 but I could find nothing in the code to confirm that. Thing is even with part of the game defaulting back to medium the AIs still should be flagged in a more aggressive stance as this happens in turn 1 and the monitor that is responsible for that gets terminated afterwards.

**Ichon** · July 04, 2011, 12:01 PM

Well I have only 1 HS to go by but it seems pretty universal that all the AI's were not very aggressive so either the VH going to medium lowers their capability to be aggressive even if they are flagged to be or VH defaulting to medium changes something else as well.

**phonicsmonkey** · July 04, 2011, 08:41 PM

Does this issue also affect battle difficulty or just campaign?

**Ichon** · July 04, 2011, 08:54 PM

I'd guess battles as well but I am not sure... I play on VH and the battles doesn't seem waaay easier but they do seem a bit easier so I'd guess yes. It might be because its early era in many HS and I hardly every play that SP.