Game too hard-how should I change difficulty?

[Sloty]

I played a game on hard/hard as hre and it was too hard.
Should I rather change the battle difficulty or the campaign difficulty?
Or should I just start over again with same difficulty and use better tactics?

[Neoton]

lol

[AJenny58]

Check out the guides on this site. They are really helpful. If you didn't enjoy the game on H/H, don't play it again on H/H. A lot of people find the HRE a difficult faction to play with, and from what I've read it's because of their starting position and being surrounded by enemies. Try medium or easy campaign difficulty if the AI is too agressive, or lower the battle difficulty if you are losing all the time.

[crzyrndm]

HRE is a really difficult beginners(especially) faction because most people end up being at war with france, hungary, poland, danes, milan, and the italian factions in a very short space of time. This means you have to win lots of battles and focus upon military development, without much economic stimulus. Once you get the hang of them it's not quite so bad (getting every rebel province around their starting area before any other faction even gets one really helps that pathetic starting economy).

If you are looking for a slightly easier faction, england is the way to go(or the moors if you have all factions unlocked). And definetely check out the guides, there are some very useful tips in them.

[_Elysium_]

I played as Spain in my first campaign (a short campaign set to E/M) and I found it very useful. Wasn't much of a challenge though. My next campaign will be England on M/H.

[spartan dude]

If its too hard and not enjoyable then yes change the difficulty, il admit im rubbish at this game and can at times struggle on M/M, no shame in it

[Velo222]

If its too hard and not enjoyable then yes change the difficulty, il admit im rubbish at this game and can at times struggle on M/M, no shame in it

I have it on easy difficulty, and I can only sometimes barely beat the computer. In Rome TW I'd have about a 3:1 kill death ratio, but in Medieval II I can barely manage a 1:1 ratio. Anyways, I think if I played more maybe I could get good at it.

The sad thing is, most of the time the computer huddles in the middle of the map, and forces me to come to them, I think it throws me off.

[xcorps]

Velo222,

Leave your infantry and missile troops lined up. Charge their missile units with your cavalry, but don't chase them through the enemy formation when they run. Reform your cavalry on either the left or right, whichever has the least spearmen. Charge their units one at a time with 2 or more cavalry until you only have the spearmen remaining. Reform behind the infantry lines and take out the general/captain if he hasn't engaged you already. Don't leave your cavalry to melee. After they make their charge, watch the troop count of the unit you charged. When it stops dropping by huge amounts, pull back and reform. (Make sure you have guard on)Mop up with missile and infantry. If you are lacking cavalry, skirmish with your missile troops. Focus first on their missile then on the general. Turn off skirmish and fire at will, and move them all at the same time. Target them all on the same unit for best effect, and try to keep them from massing up. You want direct fire, not arching missile volleys. Don't use flaming arrows until late in the battle.

You don't have to destroy a formation to win the battle. All you have to do is demoralize it. Killing the enemy general/captain early will help a lot. Keeping your infantry massed together will help.. (In good lines, not all bunched up)

I had a similiar problem when I started playing Rome. I can whip the computer very easily in MII, but when I started playing RTW I had a hard time even when I had a big advantage in numbers.